Epiphytic, caespitose herb, up to 25 cm tall. Roots ca. 5 mm wide.
Stems 120–150 × 3–4 mm, 1-foliate; covered by a basal, acute,
glumaceous sheath. Leaves elliptic, acute, plicate, 16.5–23.5 ×
4.0–5.5 cm. Inforescence terminal, covered by a ovate foliar bract,
with a single ephemeral and membranous fower; foral bracts
concealed by a infundibuliform sheath, 1.2–2.0 × 0.6–1.8 cm;
peduncle ancipitose, 16–26 cm long. Ovary terete to clavate, ca.
20 mm long, 1.8 mm wide.UCR::Vicerrectoría de Investigación::Unidades de Investigación::Ciencias Agroalimentarias::Jardín Botánico Lankester (JBL
