| Field notes | Solitary. Acaulescent or with stem 15 cm, 3 cm diam., subterranean. Leaves 11, erect, arching; sheath of lower leaf 5 - 6 cm, open to base; petiole to 95 cm, 0.5 cm wide, rounded below, flat above, green; rachis to 50 cm; pinnae 3 - 5 per side, 1 - 14 veined, basal pinnae 28 X 7 cm, middle pinnae 29 X 7 cm, apical pinnae 24 X 10 cm. Inflorescence interfoliar, erect, spicate; prophyll 25 cm, 1 cm wide; peduncular bract 15 cm, membranaceous, inserted 6 cm above prophyll; peduncle 44 cm, 0.4 cm wide, flattened; rachis 10 cm, 0.8 cm wide. |