"Completing the square" as I suggested above:
A "perfect square" is of the form $(y+ a)^2= y^2+ 2ay+ a^2$. Comparing $y^2+ 2ay$ with $y^2+ 12y$ we must have $2ay= 12y$ so a= 6 and then $a^2= 36$. We need to add 36 to make this a "perfect square".
We can't just add a number to an expression and have the same numerical value but we can add and subtract the same number: $y^2+ 12y= y^2+ 12y+ 36-36= (y+ 6)^2- 36$.
So $y^2+12y+16x+68= (y+ 6)^2- 36+ 16x+ 68= (y+ 6)^2+ 16x+ 32= 0$.
$16x= -(y+6)^2- 32$
$x= -\frac{1}{16}(y+ 6)^2- 32$.
Now, that is a parabola with horizontal axis (parallel to the x-axis), opening to the left. Since a square in never negative, that is $-32$ minus something. x will be largest when $(y+ 6)^2= 0$, y= 6, where x= -32. The vertex is at (-32, -6).
When y= 0, $x= -\frac{1}{16}(0- 6)^2- 32= -\frac{9}{4}- 32= -34.25$. The x- intercept is at (-34.25, 0).
Since the leading coefficient, $-\frac{1}{16}$, is negative, the parabola opens to the left and never crosses the y- axis. There is no y- intercept.