A large herb up to 300 cm tall, with superficial rhizome. Leaves are lanceolate, up to 60 cm x 12 cm. Inflorescence cylindrical to conical, up to 11 cm long, bracts about 4 cm long, bracteoles tubular at the base. Flowers with corolla tube about as long as calyx, labellum elliptical, rounded at apex, white with a yellow patch in the centre and yellow at margins, anther with a 3-lobed appendage. Fruit is about 1.5 cm in diameter, slightly ribbed. |