Perennial herb. Stems single or few, short. Leaves erect, 0.4-0.6 m long, 15-25 mm wide, V-shaped in cross section, deeply keeled, hirsute along nerves, margins conspicuously and regularly serrulate. Inflorescence equal to or longer than leaves, 0.45-0.60 m high, with shortly rhomboid-cylindric to ovoid, dense raceme. Flowers orange or dull coral to salmon-pink, tipped with green and spreading in bud, dull greenish yellow and spreading when mature, 22-27 mm long. Flowering time Dec., Jan.