| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Roots 20, 13cm long, 0.2cm thick. Stem 0.2m long, 4cm thick. Leaves 9 per stem; sheath 28cm, open; petiole 53cm margined, green; rachis 70cm; lamina 95 x 84cm; pinnae 5, basal 46cm, middle 41cm, apical 32cm. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 29cm; peduncular bract 32cm long, soft, brown, inserted at the base; peduncle 48cm long, 0.3cm thick; rachis 25cm long, 0.6cm thick, unbranched; flowers sunken. Transect HB341-SU58. |