| Field notes | Terrestrial herb to 3 m, in clump. Rhizome stilted to 10 cm. Base of leafy shoot 5.5 cm diam., brown. Sheath green, upper sheath margin and ligule membranous, caducous, ligule to 3.5 cm long. Petiole to 2.5 cm. Lamina to 75 x 18 cm, dark green, plicate. Inflorescence ascending to erect, 50 cm. Peduncle to 20 cm, spike to 30 cm long. Bratcs brown. Flowers orange. Fruit green. Deposited at: AAU, BO, E, Andalas University. Material in spirit. Photographed. DNA sampled. |