| Field notes | Solitary fan-palm. Stem 4m long, 13cm thick. Leaves 10 per stem; sheath 52cm, closed; petiole 190cm, margined, green; lamina 122 x 200cm, palmate; segments 16, each 122cm long. Old inflorescence interfoliar; peduncle 53cm long, 3.5cm thick; rachis 23cm long, 1cm thick, branched to 1st order; rachillae 130, 10cm long, 0.2cm thick; flowers sessile. Transect HB343-way out. |