The rhizome extracts nutrients from fungal intermediates and may also store some of these nutrients. A basal rosette of leaves develops from the tuber at the surface of the soil, each of the two or three leaves being lanceolate in shape.
The rhizome absorbs nutrients from fungal intermediates and can store some of these nutrients. A basal rosette of leaves forms at the soil surface from a tuber, each leaf being lanceolate in shape.