Plants 1-3 m. tall; stems relatively slender; leaves oblong-to obovate-elliptic, 10-30 cm. long, 4-8 cm. broad, glabrous; inflorescence terminating the leafy (58) FLORA OF PANAMA (Zingiberaceae) 59 stem, sessile or subsessile, cone-like, ovoid to oblong-fusiform, 4-15 cm. long, the bracts persistent, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate to obtuse, 2-3 cm. long, orange or deep yellow tipped with yellow or green; corolla pale yellow, 0.7-1.0 cm. long; calyx acutely 3-lobed, 0.6-0.8 cm. long, persistent, some-what accrescent in fruit; capsules broadly ovoid, about 1 cm. long.
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