Terrestrial herb, reed-like stems 0.5-1.0 m high; roots fibrous, black. Leaves spirally arranged, elliptic, plicate, dark green, 110-340 x 30-100 mm, margins undulate. Inflorescences of terminal or axillary panicles. Flowers up to 16; flowers greenish white, star-shaped; sepals and petals 60-80 x 2 mm, linear, subequal. Lip similar but broadly ovate at apex, up to 9 mm wide. Gynostemium slightly shorter than lip, long and slender; stigma broad, 3-lobed. Flowering time Feb. Capsule subterete, with remains of perianth and gynostemium.