Its native range is from Mexico to northern South America.

[3] Visually conspicuous species with glossy large white-veined dark-green leaves that are attached to spotted petioles.

The large leaves can be 15 cm or more in length and their underside is of a pale green colour.

The petioles can be 15 to 20 cm long, covered in fine hair, light green spotted with purplish-brown, and grooved on the top side.

The flower spikes are solitary, 20 to 30 cm long, and purplish in color.