| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Acaulescent, 1.5 m tall. Leaves 10; leaf sheath 19 cm long, open; petiole 57 cm long, margined; rachis 85 cm long; lamina pinnate; pinnae 4 per side, irregularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 59 cm long, middle pinna 54 cm long, apical pinna 39 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 4 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract 19 cm long, brown; peduncle 10 cm long, 1 cm thick; spike 26 cm long, 1.2 cm wide, green. Flowers white. HB transect 392, subunit 43. |