This very intriguing plant has a flower that is shaped like an extended hood of a Cobra. The leaves of Sikkim Cobra Lily are divided into three large leaflets. The middle one is rhombic to almost circular. The flower has large outer bract enclosing the flower-head, known as the spathe. The spathe is purple in colour with white stripes. A thread-like appendage, 15-22 cm long, longer than the spathe, extends forward from within the bract. Flowering: June July.