Very similar to K. lateritia differing by the leaves which are similar throughout the stem, the lower ones not so condensed, the uppermost not so scattered, usually indistinctly petiolate or sessile and with not such thick laminas; by the internodes not longer than 7·5 cm.; by the longer pedicels (2·5-5 mm. long rather than 1-3·5 mm. long); by the usually longer calyx-tube (1·4-2 mm. long rather than only up to 1(2) mm. long); by the longer and broader sepals which are ovate or ovate lanceolate and very attenuate.