| Field notes | Solitary. Stem 125 cm, 1.5 cm diam, basally with ca. 10 adventitious roots, these 1 cm diam. internodes 10 - 14 cm. Leaves 5; sheath of lower leaf 19 cm, closed for 16 cm, green; petiole 32 cm, 0.5 cm wide, rounded; rachis 35 cm; blade entire, 52 X 23 cm, bifid for 20 cm. Inflorescences 3, infrafoliar, once branched; prophyll 2 cm; peduncular bracts 3; 1. peduncular bract 9 cm, inserted 2 cm above prophyll; 2. peduncular bract 14 cm, inserted 8 cm above prophyll; 3. peduncular bract 24 cm, inserted 13 cm above prophyll; peduncle 36 cm, 0.5 cm wide; rachis 1 cm; rachillae 2, 19 cm, bright orange; fruits ovoid, orange, 1 cm. |