The basal bracts are prominent, and yellowish to pink. The umbilicus is fairly prominent, scarcely 0.4 cm across, with the scales almost concealed or sunken in a porelike depression. The interior is white. Can establish itself as an epiphyte on other trees, strangling them when it gets larger. Also can establish itself on wall, buildings, bridges, etc.
Pollination is by a species-specific wasp.
University of California. This page updated 5 November 2000.