inflorescence to 5 m tall, ovary green, tepals creamy white with flanges (wings) whitish-green, style and filaments reddish-pink (white at base), thecae yellowish-green mixed with reddish-pink spots, flowers 4.5 cm (smell of honey), tepals 2.2 cm, style 2.8 cm, filaments 4.7-5.4 cm, thecae 1.6-1.7 cm long; many floral buds with insect damage (holes from Curculionidae?), leaves 56-58 cm long; common here