Herb to 1.3 m. Leaf above dark green with yellow-green feathered band along midrib and scalloped yellow-green band around the margin, with subrectangular whitish green spots between the major veins; patterned below in red-purple and light grey-green. Pulvinus yellow-green, petiole & sheath red-purple. Peduncle red-purple. Fertile bracts olive-green, steriles green. Ovary pink, sepals green, corolla tube cream, petals yellowish, staminodes purple, style white