Small tree with trunk c.1.5m high, stout. Leaves curved, spirally arranged, slightly concave above, rounded beneath. Inflorescence erect; scape angular. Flowers orange-red; bracts pinkish-orange; perianth c.4.7cm long, tubular, shining; lobes c.5mm long with dark greenish or blackish apical mark; inner segments paler except for orange keel. Filaments and style yellow.