Leaves to c. 1 m long; lamina flat with veins and midrib slightly raised, 4-12 mm wide; margins ±hyaline and slightly revolute, smooth. Inflorescence a contracted umbel-like raceme, to c. 0.8 m long, 12-30-flowered; peduncle to c. 8 mm diam.; pedicels to c. 4.5 cm long, about as long as to much exceeding subtending bract. Perianth usually 3-6 cm long, red with yellow lobes; tube narrowly cylindrical in lower quarter to third but expanded abruptly and bell-shaped upwards, 2-3 cm wide at throat; lobes ovate, acute, to 12 mm long. Filaments to c. 3.5 cm long, attached below middle of perianth tube; anthers ±oblong or tapered slightly upwards, 3.8-5 mm long. Capsule to c. 9 cm long including style; stipe to c. 4 cm long.
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