| Field notes | Terrestial herb. Rhizome raised 5-20 cm above ground by stilt roots. Leafy shoots 5-25 cm apart, to 1.5 m long. Base to 1.5 cm diam., brown. Sheath pale green. Ligule to 23 mm long, purple-brown. Petiole to 1.6 cm long. Lamina to 37x2 cm, mid-green, not plicate. Inflorescence from the rhizome. Peduncule c. 1 cm long. Spike c. 1.5x1.5 cm, dark brown, with 8-10 flowers. Fertile bract dark purple-brown. Bracteole pale-purple-brown calyx pale red, dark red at apex. Corolla tube pale red; lobes pink. Staminal tube pale pink. Labellum red. Stamen pale pink; crest pink. Stigma white. Material in spirit. DNA sampled. |
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