| Field notes | Stem 50 cm, 3 cm diam, internodes 0.5 cm. Leaves 12; sheath of lower leaf ca. 10 cm, open to base, old leaf bases persistent and decaying on upper part of stem; petiole to 65 cm, rounded below, flat above; rachis 62 cm; pinnae 5-7 per side, basal pinna 23 x 5 cm, middle pinna 32 x 7 cm, apical pinna 26 x 10 cm. Inflorescence to 5 per plant, interfoliar, erect, spicate; prophyll 26 cm; peduncular bract 22 cm, inserted 7 cm above prophyll; peduncle 32 cm; rachis to 27 cm , red. |