Leaves 10-12 in open funnel-shaped rosette, 40-60 cm long, 3-4 cm wide, often white banded beneath; margins minutely toothed; tip rounded, spine-tipped. Scape slender, red, with thin bright red bracts. Inflorescence erect, simple, pyramidshaped, many-flowered, mealy; sepals red, violet at the tip; petals red tipped with blue.
Brazil
var. concolor L.B. Sm. Larger inflorescence, leaves wider, pale green, without white banding.
Related cultivar: ‘Violet Beauty’ Medium loose tube, dark green leaves. Semi-erect inflorescence, bracts red, petals violet.
Source: (2005). Bromeliaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.