| Field notes | Cespitose, stems to 4 m tall, 3 cm thick, w. obvious, smooth internodes. Lvs 14, spreading in a flat crown; petiole 70 cm, green w. brown tomentum; blade 95x50 cm; pinnae 10-12 per side, sigmoid, 2-9 cm wide w. 2-5 nerves, but appearence of the blade is regular pinnate w. the pinnae evenly inserted in one plane. Inflorescence infrafoliar, first green w. brown tomentum, becomming yellow at anthesis, branched to 2nd order |