| Field notes | Terrestrial herb up to 1 m; lvs. 2-3 in clumps, petiole purple green, lamina olive green with 6 black, 2 cm wide, stripes and a white zigzag line 1/3 between the margin and the midrib, lower surface purple; infl. on separate shoot, peduncle c. 25 cm, brown to purplish-pink, bracts olive green, bracts in infl. pale purple, hairy. |