| Field notes | Solitary. Stem to 1.5 m, 2.5 cm diam, internodes 0.5 -1 cm. Leaves 9; sheath of lower leaf 12 cm, 4 cm wide, open to base, persistent and decaying on stem; petiole 60 cm, 0.8 cm wide, rounded below, flat above, green; rachis 56 cm; blade entire, 80 x 32 cm. Inflorescence interfoliar, spicate; prophyll 13 cm, 1.5 cm wide; peduncular bract 18 cm, inserted 0.5 cm above prophyll; peduncle 16 cm; rachis 22 cm, 0.9 cm wide, deep red. |