| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 106 cm long, 3.5 cm in diameter, smooth; internodes 1 cm long. Number of leaves 8; leaf sheath open, 12 cm long; petiole 57 cm long; rachis 58 cm long; lamina pinnate; number of pinnae per side 12, irregularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 24 cm long, middle pinna 33 cm long, apical pinna 40 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar, spicate; prophyll 18 cm long, 1 cm wide; peduncular bract 15.5 cm long, inserted 3.5 cm from base, brown; peduncle 20 cm long, 0.5 cm wide, red; spike 27 cm long, 0.5 cm wide, brown. HB transect 381, subunit 5. |