Plants large and coarse, epiphytic, the caudex short and thick, with very short internodes, the cataphylls weathering into coarse, brown fibers; petioles stout, mostly 12-18 cm. long and 5-6 mm. thick, carinate, broadly canaliculate above, geniculate 5-6 mm. below the apex, the node thick, compressed; blades subcoriaceous when dried, elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 20-35 cm. long, 10-13 cm. wide, rounded or obtuse at the apex and cuspidate-acuminate, obtuse at the base or cuneately acute, rarely abruptly contracted, the costa very prominent beneath, rather stout, the primary lateral nerves about 9 on each side, distant, ascending at a rather wide angle, united remote from the margin to form a distinct collective nerve; peduncles slender or stout, often equaling the leaves but frequently much shorter; spathe attaining at least 7 cm. in length (no perfect one seen), often deciduous; spadix caudiform, very slender, sessile or short-stipitate, 15-23 cm. long, 4-6 mm. thick, very slightly attenuate upward, obtuse; sepals 3 mm. wide, 2 mm. long; ovary subglobose, 2 mm. in diameter; berries. 5 mm. in diameter.
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