the male cones are individually up to five. they are one to spindle-shaped, 30 to 40 cm long with a diameter of 7.5 to 10 cm. the cone is densely reddish brown hairy. the stem is 15 to 17.5 cm long, hairy and dull yellow-green with deep red spots. the middle sporophylls are 19 mm high and just as wide. the sporangia are in a single, somewhat heart-shaped spot.