Plants fairly stout, about 2 m. tall, caulescent; leaves long-petiolate, narrowly oblong to oblong-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, the base broadly obtuse, 40-75 cm. long, 10-18 cm. broad, glabrous; callus 4-6 cm. long; inflorescence termi-nating the leafy stem, consisting usually of 2 long-pedunculate spikes 9-14 cm. long, 5-7 cm. broad; bracts 2-ranked, strongly conduplicate, broadly oblong-elliptic, rounded above and below, 3.5-4.0 cm. long, 2.0-2.5 cm. broad, widely spreading, rather strongly recurved at the tip, membranaceous, pale yellowish green, densely pilose; flowers 3-4 cm. long, pink or cream tinged with pink.
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