Neoastelia spectabilis J.B.Williams

Leaves 60-165 cm long, 3-6 cm wide, green above, silvery-white below, the ends drooping; 2 veins prominent, raised above. Panicle exserted, open, 24-70 cm long; peduncle stout, 18-40 cm long, mostly with one long leaf near the top; spathes 10-13, the 3-6 lowest foliaceous, subtending branched sub-panicles, the upper spathes smaller, membranous, subtending many-flowered racemes; pedicels 4-17 mm long. Flowers 15-18 mm wide. Perianth membranous, whitish, deciduous; tube 3-4 mm long, almost glabrous; lobes 5-7 mm long, glabrous, reflexed. Stamens 1.5-2 mm long. Berry obovoid to globose, sulcate at the top, shortly beaked, 11-15 mm long, pale green. Seeds 70-150, ellipsoidal, 1.2 mm long.

Occurs in Nothofagus moorei forests at 900-1150 m altitude.Grows in rock crevices on steep slopes beside waterfalls where exposed to spray, and in seepage areas on rocky slopes.