plant 2 1/4 ft. high; stem very stout; leaves cauline, rather numerous, suberect, linear, acuminate, rigid, strongly nerved, 5–8 in. long, diminishing upwards into the bracts; scapes 2 1/4 ft. high; spikes 8 in. long, cylindrical, somewhat dense, many-flowered; bracts linear-lanceolate from a broader base, very acuminate, 3/4–1 1/4 in. long; pedicels 3/4–1 in. long; flowers large; dorsal sepal galeate, oblong or elliptic-oblong, subobtuse, 1 in. long; spur cylindrical from a broadly conical base, somewhat curved, subacute, about 8 lin. long; lateral sepals oblong or elliptic-oblong, subacute, 1 in. long; petals linear-oblong, acute or acuminate, about 4 lin. long; lip oblong-lanceolate, subacute, about 1 in. long; column short; anther reflexed; rostellum short, obtuse; stigma pulvinate. null
