| Field notes | Terrestrial; internodes short, 2-4 cm diameter; cataphylls persisiting intact, red-brown; petioles terete, dark green and glossy; blades thinly coriaceous, dark green and glossy above, scarcely paler and weakly glossy below; midrib convex and scarcely paler above, round-raised and paler below; primary lateral veins sunken above, prominently raised and paler below; inflorescence erect; spathe green, tinged purple, reflexed; spadix creamy white at anthesis, soon greenish, dark green in fruit; berries dark purple, the lower half paler when exserted. |