| Field notes | Large acaulescent palm rosette. Leaves 9 per stem; sheath 25cm long, open; petiole 70cm, margined, green; rachis 100cm; lamina 130 x 37cm; pinnae 3 per side, basal 42cm, middle 40cm, apical 39cm. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 19cm long; peduncular bract 38cm long, soft, green, inserted at the base; peduncle 59cm long, 0.4cm thick; rachis 12(+)cm long, 0.8cm thick, unbranched; flowers sunken. Transect HB342-outside SU96. |