| Field notes | Stem solitary, to 2 m tall, 10 cm diam, covered with epiphytes. Leaves 11; sheath absent; petiole 75 cm; rachis 178 cm; both petiole and rachis spiny abaxially; pinnae 18 per side, gray abaxially. Infructescence 3, interfoliar; fruits spiny. National Cancer Institute voucher specimen; leaves collected |