Description
Erect, subshrub, up to 70 cm tall. Stem arising from rhizome,
simple, terete, sulcate, 7–8 mm in diameter, ascending, puberolous,
olive green to green, non-leafy part quite straight, leafy part
flexuous. Leaves up to 9 per stem, 15–25 cm long, subsessile;petiole short, 4–6 mm long, 3–4 mm in diameter, densely
pubescent, swollen, green; lamina lanceolate to
oblanceolate,14.6–24.6 cm long by 4.3–8.5 cm wide, coriaceous,
adaxially green, glabrous, abaxially pale green, glabrous except the
veins, margin entire, inconspicuously revolute, base obtuse, apex short
acuminate; midveins slightly prominent, glabrous adaxially,
distinctly raised, densely puberolous abaxially; lateral veins8–13 pairs. Inflorescence at the basal part of the stem,
touching the ground, covered with dried leaves, 6–7 cm long, bearing
1–4 flowers; peduncle terete, 4–5 cm long, spiciform,
pubescent, brownish cream to pale brown; bracts dimorphic,
lanceolate to elliptic, 6.0–7.5 mm long by 4–5 mm wide, striate,
yellowish brown, densely pubescent, margin entire, apex acute to bifid,
lobules 3–4 mm long by 1.0–1.3 mm wide. Pedicel and ovaryterete, bent, tapering, 15–18 mm long, 2–3 mm in diameter, densely
pubescent, sulcate, brownish red. Perianth campanulate, 1.5–1.8
cm long, 1.8–2.1 cm in diameter, corrugated, burgundy, densely
pubescent outside, pale burgundy, with white hairs inside; tube1.8–1.9 cm long; lobes broadly triangular, 1.0–1.1 cm long by
13–15 cm wide, concave, apex acute, revolute. Stamens in 2
whorls, upper whorl 8–10, lower whorl 12–14; filament 1.0–1.5
mm long, glabrous; anthers oblong, 1.1–1.3 mm long. Stylecolumn 5–7 mm long, lobes 4–6, glabrous. Capsulefusiform, 2–3 cm long, pubescent; seeds not seen.