Leaves : Simple, all fleshy, cylindrical, pale green to pale brown leaves with dark green patches and a shallow groove on the upper surface, with small bulbils at tips.
Flowers :
Scarlet, in large racemes, drooping or pendulous in terminal cymes.
Calyx tubular, 5-10 mm long.
Corolla tube to 30 mm long, lobes obovate and about a third as long, salmon-coloured to scarlet.