| Field notes | Terrestrial; internodes short, 2-3 cm diam.; petióles dark green and weakly glossy, densely pale green speckled, terete except near apex, firm; blades subcoriaceous, matte, moderately bicolorous, dark green and smooth above; majar veins scarcely sunken and concolorous above; midrib narrowly round-raised and slightly paler below; primary lateral veins weakly raised and .slightly darker be1ow; tertiary yeins darker than surface, flattened. Flowered in cultivation April-May 2004;inflorescence 4/axil, anise scented at anthesis; peduncle 13 cm x 0.6 cm, pale green; spathe 12 cm long, cuspitate at apex; tube 5.5 cm long, 2.7 cm diam., glossy, pale medium-green on both surfaces; blades 6.5 cm long, 1.7 cm diam., cream-colored on both surfaces· spadix sessile, 8.2 cm long; female part pale orange, 1.8 cm long, 9 mm diam.; fertile male part cream-colored, weakly pink tinged, 5.1 cm long, 8 mm diam.; ovaries 3-4 locular; ovules 20-24/locule |