Leafy stems 6-8 dm. tall, relatively stout; leaves obovate to broadly oblanceo-late, obtuse or rounded to very abruptly acuminate, broadly cuneate at the base, 20-50 cm. long, 8-16 cm. broad, very shortly petiolate or subsessile; inflorescence scapose and arising directly from the rhizome, 20-40 cm. long, the lower 2/3 sterile, bearing several leafless sheaths 1.5-4.0 cm. long, minutely puberulent, the flowering portion very dense and compact, cylindrical, the bracts broadly obovate-suborbicular, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, green, tardily deciduous; perianth pale yellow, occasionally white, the labellum lemon-yellow, 0.5-0.6 cm. long; calyx turbinate, 0.3-0.4 cm. long, orange-pink, persistent and accrescent in fruit; capsules un-known at maturity.
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