Amorphophallus schmidtiae Hett. & A.Galloway

Tuber depressed-globose, pale brown, 8.S cm in diam., 5 cm high. Petiole smooth, SO cm long, 2.5 cm in diam., uniformly rich purplish red; lamina 100 cm wide, rachises winged distal from the basal branching-points; leaflets elongate elliptic, 3.5-23 cm long, l.5-7 cm wide, long acute, the second inner collective vein strongly developed, upper surface rich dark green. Peduncle as petiole, 38-40 cm long, 1 cm in diam.; spathe triangular ovate, 13.5 cm long, 10 cm wide, erect, outside whitish with a pale purplish flush in the basal half, inside white, base inside near smooth, apex acute. Spadix shorter than spathe, 8 cm long; female zone cylindric, 1 cm long, l.2 cm in diam., flowers congested; male zone subcylindric, 2.7 cm long, l.3 cm in diam. at the base, l.1 cm at the apex, flowers congested; appendix elongate conical, 4.3 cm long, l.1 cm in diam., smooth, obtuse, off-white. Ovary elongate, angulate, 1.5 mm long, 2 mm in diam., pale or mid green, upper part truncate, unilocular; style 1 mm long, 0.6 mm in diam., pale green; stigma depressed or slightly hemispheric, entire, 1 mm in diam., 0.8 mm high, strongly echinate, dirty whitish. Male flowers consisting of 3-5 stamens; stamens 3.5 mm long; filaments 2 mm long, partly fused, off-white; anthers 1.5 mm long, 1 mm in diam., truncate, off-white, connective large, pale green, pores lateral. Pollen striate.