This pendent centerpiece is placed in a pentagon shaped decorative metal frame. The pendent and spectacularly colorful inflorescences do not grow above the leaves. The erect to pendent inflorescence arises laterally from the base of the pseudobulb. The inflorescence emerges from a usually boat-shaped, leathery bract, forming large, pendent clusters. The terminal inflorescence is a panicle, with many pendent, red-orange flowers. Flowers are pendent (drooping, hanging downward), white to very pale green. The complexes have octahedral coordination geometry, with two pendent carboxylate groups. Mature plants produce erect spikes of pendent flowers up to in length. Pendent party jurisdiction is a form of supplemental jurisdiction covered by . Historically there was a distinction between pendent jurisdiction and ancillary jurisdiction. The flowers may hang down (pendent), or be erect. Two conflicting federal laws are under "pendent" jurisdiction if one presents a strict constitutional issue. Brennan listed some situations where pendent jurisdiction would be inappropriate. The leading case on pendent jurisdiction is "United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs", . Most governments still attach pendent seals to letters patent.