| Field notes | Cespitose palm, stem 5 m tall, 10 cm in diam. Leaf sheaths ca. 1 m long, brownish, open, persisting distally on stem; petiole 65 cm long, rachis 260 cm, pinnae 52 per side, regularly inserted in one plane. Inflorescence infrafoliar, peduncle 60-75 cm long, rachis 70-85 cm, branches ca 60, to 55 cm long, cream in flower, red in fruit. Prophyll shorter than bract, 35-45 cm, bract ca 150 cm. |