Plant single, leaves light yellow-green-gray, stalk 18-20 feet tall, inflorescence down more than1/3 but less than 1/2 of stalk, flowers shiny, slippery-leathery, firm (not becoming crispy-papery like typical chrysantha), musky-sweet, much nectar (3 pm), (pre-)during anthesis no pollen, ovary, neck, tube light cream-light chartreuse, slightly angled, tepals light cream (-light chartreuse) with brown tips, especially on outer tepals, erect, clasping filaments, light cream-yellow, anthers yellow, style light cream-light yellow; measurements after Gentry (1982), in mm, (pre-)during anthesis: tl=57, o=28x7, n=5, tu=12x14, fil ins=5, fil=44, a=14, tep=13x7,5.5 (outer), 12x8,5 (inner), sty=26; tl=58, o=31x8, n=5, tu=12x15, fil ins=5, fil=47, a=12, tep=10x7,5 (outer), 11x8,7 (inner), sty=32.
accession number 1991 0517 0104, originally collected by Wendy Hodgson, with Julie Ramsden, 14 July 1991, SSE-facing slope, rocky, open.; Cultivated or Captive