| Field notes | Primary montane rain forest, tierra fierme on slope near river. Understory, caespitose, root cone, root length 6-7 cm, thikness 0.5 cm. Stem aerial, hight 0.8 m, thikness 1.2 cm. Internode length 4-5 cm, stem texture smooth. No crownshaft. 4 stems per clump. Sheath open, petiole section margined, rachis length 38 cm. Lamina pinnate, width 24 cm, length 51 cm. Lamina structure flat, 4 pinnae per side of rachis. Pinnae insertion regular. Middle pinnae length 27 cm. Inflorescence interfoliar, prophyll papery. Peduncular bract color brown, texture papery. Peduncle length 4 cm, width 1 cm. rachis length 12 cm, width 2 cm. Inflorescence spicate. |