Philodendron attenuatum Croat

Araceae

Collection NumberCroat, T 98778
CollectorsThomas B. Croat & Geneviève Ferry
Identified ByT. B. Croat (MO)
SourceC. Davidson
Date17 September 2007
CountryEcuador
provinceZamora Chinchipe
cantonNangaritza
LocationCordillera del Condor. Margin of Rio Nangaritza, between Las Orchideas and Miasi. 872 m elev.
Lat/LongS 4 17 53 W 78 39 00
NoteEpiphyte; cataphylls unribbed, medium-green, finely speckled, deciduous; internodes 2-4 cm long, 2.0-2.5 cm diam, 1-1.2 cm diam., medium-green soon gray-brown; petioles terete, spongy, densely short, dark-lineate, semiglossy; blades subcoriaceous, moderately glossy and bicolorous; midrib flattened-convex and concolorous above, broadly rounded and paler below; primary lateral veins obtusely quilted, thickly convex and paler below; minor veins fine, moderately distinct; inflorescences 1-3 per axil; spathe green tinged violet-purple on tube outside, dark violet-purple on tube inside.