Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.530379 172.620934
Verbatim locality:
Christchurch, Botanic Gardens
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 74/01
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
30 Aug 2001
Start date:
2001-08-30
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Habitat:
Glasshouse, cultivated.
Notes:
Succulent herb, ± erect; stems short (plant young), strongly mottled purple and green. Leaves with petiole to 1.5 cm long, thick, similarly coloured; lamina to c. 9 x 7 cm, suborbicular, thick & almost subcoriaceous, dark shining green above, medium shining green below. Spikes erect, 14-16 cm x 3-4 mm, incl. ± dark reddish peduncle 2.5-3 cm long; spike light green.