Subshrubs epiphytic. Stems to 1.5 m, pendent, greenish ash gray. Petiole ca. 4 mm; leaf blade pandurate or oblong, 4-11 × 1-2(-3.2) cm, thick papery when dry, glabrous, base rounded, apex acuminate; lateral veins obscure. Pseudumbels extra-axillary, globose, many flowered; peduncle ca. 3 mm. Pedicel ca. 1.5 cm. Sepals 1.5-2 × 1-1.5 mm, glands 5. Corolla yellow or reddish, 0.8-1 cm in diam., glabrous outside, puberulent inside, hirsute at base of corona; tube ca. 1.5 mm; lobes ovate, ca. 6 × 4 mm, acute, ciliate. Corona stellate patent to slightly raised, outer angle rounded, slightly retuse, inner angle produced into an erect, slender tooth higher than anthers. Pollinia oblanceolate, caudicles horizontal, retina-culum ellipsoid. Follicles to 8.5 cm. Fl. Jun-Jul.
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