Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.530379 172.620934
Verbatim locality:
Christchurch, Botanic Gardens
Verbatim collector:
Skyes WR 505\96
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
19-DEC-1996
Start date:
1996-12-19
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
In glasshouse.
Notes:
Herb with thick fleshy erect "pseudostem", a few centimetres high. Leaves with petiole sheath almost to apex of petiole; the whole leaf strongly white variegated, the white spots and patches greater than green areas, on many leaves. Spathe 6-9 cm long, similarly coloured, remaining more or less folded round spadix. Spadix 5 to 5.5 cm long, white with a small cluster of female flowers at base.