From the side, the Syringodea bifucata flower shows duller golden-yellow colouring on the outside at the mouth. The upper, spreading tepal parts are blue-purple, while the long thin tube turns dark from where it narrows below. The upper tepal lobes bend inwards into a wide cup (Leistner, (Ed.), 2000; iNaturalist; https://www.pacificbulbsociety.org).