| Field notes | Terrestrial herb of many shoots in clump: c. 10 cm between neighbouring shoots. Leafy shoot to 4.2 m long. Base to 4.5 cm diam., brownish. Sheath green, glabrous. Ligule 10 mm long, green. Petiole 5 mm long. Lamina to 53 cm x 11 cm, narrowly ovate. Inflorescence from rhizome, to 14 cm long. Peduncle to 9 cm long, scales pale red. Spike to 14 cm long. Peduncle to 9 cm long, scales pale red. Spike to 4x4 cm, bracts greenish red. Fertile bract pale reddish, thin. Bracteole closely adhering ovary, pale red. Calyx pale reddish green. Corolla tube cream, lobes tinged reddish brown. Labellum cream, red in lower half; terminal lobe with yellow patch in centre. Staminodes cream. Filament crean with red lines in centre. Anther and crest cream. Stigma red. Infructescence head 11x8 cm. Pedicel 12 mm long. Fruit 25x27 mm, pale red when ripe, spiny. |
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