| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 12 cm long, 4 cm in diameter, covered by old leaf sheath. Number of leaves 14; leaf sheath 22 cm long, open; petiole 56 cm long, margined; rachis 103 cm long; lamina pinnate; pinnae 3 per side, irregularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 56 cm long, middle pinna 82 cm long, apical pinna 95 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 38 cm long, 4 cm wide; peduncular bract 35 cm long, inserted 3.5 cm from base; peduncle 63 cm long, red; rachis 7.5 cm long, red; rachillae 5, 42-48 cm long, red. HB transect 403, subunit 43. |