leaves: blade linear, attenuate, persistent, homomorphic, entire, glabrous, narrowing slightly above the leaf sheath, 0.7–2.3 cm wide, 12–70 cm long; sheath short, ovate, castaneous, glabrous. inflorescence racemose, 2–12 flowers, more frequently 4-–6 flowers, with 1–4 flowers opening per day; peduncle erect or slightly curved, slender, glabrous, 17–45 cm long; peduncle bracts few, linear, attenuate, the upper slightly shorter than the internodes; floral bracts narrowly triangular, 0.5–1.5 cm. flowers: pedicel slender, 0.8–2 cm long; sepals narrowly triangular, 1.5–3.5 cm long; petals red, erect but converging upwards and overlapping at anthesis, giving the flower a zygomorphic symmetry, unappendaged, 5.5–6.5 cm long. pistil: ovary semi-inferior; ovules bicaudate. fruits capsule with many seeds bicaudate.Edited from : Syst. Bot.. .