| Field notes | Terrestial herb. Rhizoma 7-8 mm diam., pale brown; raised 5-20 cm above ground by stilt roots, 3-4 mm diam., greyish brown. Leafy shoot 8-17 cm apart, to 1.3 m long. Base to 11 mm diam. Sheath greyish-green, tessilate. Ligule to 6 mm long, brown. Lamina to 19.5x3.2 cm, mid-green above, not plicate. Inflorerscence from rhizome. Peduncle 1.8-4 cm long, scales pale brown. Spike to 3.5-3.5 cm. Sterile bracts long mucronate, red, pale at base. Bracteole membranous, cream, apex pale pink. Calyx pale pink. Corolla pale pink. Labellum and stamen red. Ovary yellow. Stigma dark purple. Photographed. Material in spirit. DNA sampled. |