| Field notes | Acaulescent, giant, understory-rosette palm. Leaves 13 per stem; sheath 35cm long, open; petiole 32cm, margined, green; rachis 104cm; lamina 138 x 58cm; pinnae 8 per side, basal 38cm, middle 40cm, apical 40cm. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 35cm long; peduncular bract 54cm long, brown, inserted at the base; peduncle 135cm long, 0.6cm thick; rachis 31cm long, 1cm thick, unbranched; flowers sunken. Transect HB343-SU14. |