| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Acaulescent, 1.5 m tall. Leaves 9; leaf sheath 12 cm long, open; petiole 53 cm long, margined; rachis 77 cm long; lamina pinnate; pinnae 3 per side, irregularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 51 cm long, middle pinna 53 cm long, apical pinna 40 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 12 cm long, 2 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract 35 cm long; peduncle 106 cm long, 0.3 cm wide, green; spike 20 cm long, 1 cm wide, green. Flowers sunken. HB transect 392, subunit 24. |