| Field notes | Epiphyte; Internodes short; roots moderately dense, spreading; cataphylls D-shaped, 2-ribbed, hooked; petiole D-shaped, flattened when young, prominently medially ribbed as adult, the margins acute; midrib prominently 1-ribbed at base, sharply triangular by midway, thicker than broad; blades moderately coriaceous, semiglossy, slightly bicolorous; primary lateral veins prominently and narrowly raised above, prominently raised below, paler than surface; tertiary veins flat below, darker than surface, inflorescence pendent; spathe green, subcoriaceous, erect, heavily tinged with purple on outside; spadix dark purplish-violet. (B & K red-purple 2/2.5) |