| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 7 cm long, 2.3 cm thick, smooth; internodes 0.3 cm long, yellow; base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 6; leaf sheath 12 cm long, open; petiole 33 cm long, section margined; rachis 33 cm long; lamina pinnate, 60 cm long, 40 cm wide, glabrous; pinnae 3 per side, regularly inserted; middle pinna 37 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 23 cm long, 0.8 cm wide, woody; peduncular bract 27 cm long, brown, woody; peduncle 20 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachis 1.5 cm long, 0.4 cm wide; rachillae 3, 10-11.5 cm long. Flowers sunken, cream. Transect HB156, subunit no. 022, inside transect; UTM: 19L-574731-8337192 |