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Perianth pale pink, with paler margins to the segments running to the base of the perianth, 25–30 mm long, 6–7 mm in diameter across the ovary, constricted just above, then widening and becoming slightly decurved toward the mouth, cylindric-trigonous; outer segments free for up to one-third, with scarcely spreading tips.
Inflorescences 1–3, erect, 0.75–2 m high; peduncle 6–12(15)-branched, the lower branches sometimes rebranched; branches curving widely upwards, subtended by scarious, many-nerved bracts to c. 2.5 cm long.
Racemes 3–5 × 7 cm, capitate, flat-topped in bud, densely flowered, with a few flowers more widely spaced at the base; bracts 8–15 mm long, linear-lanceolate, scarious; pedicels 18–28 mm long.
Perennial herb, solitary or suckering to form small groups of plants, acaulescent or with a stout stem to 20 cm tall clothed in dead leaf remains.
Stamens and stigma scarcely exserted.
Capsule and seeds not seen.
