| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Acaulecent. Leaves 12; sheath 10 cm, open; petiole 100 cm long; rachis 50 cm long; lamina pinnate, 68 cm long, 45 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 3 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 29 cm long, middle pinna 23 cm long, apical pinna 20 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 15 cm long, 1 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract 17 cm long, inserted 7 mm from base, brown, papery; peduncle 85 cm long, 0.4 cm wide; spike 11 cm long, 1 cm wide. Flowers sunken. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 460, subunit no. 96, inside transect |