| Field notes | Terrestrial herb, rhizome creeping short,, up to 4 m tall and 2 m to the first leaf and 2 m to end of the shoot, base swollen, dia. 5 cm, reddish, stilt rooted, sheath green below, dense hairy at the back of the petiole;inflorescence peduncle horizontalup to 70 cm, scale bit reddish; flowers orange; fruits spiny, green ligule tending to bilobed, 5 cm long. |