Japan Flora: Leaves flat, smooth, broad, deep green, relatively broad, thick and firm; scapes stout, often bearing a fascicle of relatively short leaves in leaf-axils throughout the inflorescence; inflorescence branched, elongate, few- to many-flowered, the bracts ovate to narrowly deltoid-ovate, 5-20 mm. long, the pedicels 1-10 mm. long; flowers orange-yellow, 10-12 cm. long, the tube 1.5-2 cm. long, the inner perianth-segments broadly lanceolate, sub­acute, about 2 cm. wide, slightly thicker than the outer ones, the margin membranous. Aug.-Oct. Near the seashore;

Honshu (Kanto Distr. and westw.), Kyushu.