Stenospermation sp.

Araceae

Collection NumberCroat, T 96361
CollectorsThomas B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon Christoph
Identified ByT. B. Croat (MO)
SourceC. Davidson
Date25 March 2006
CountryEcuador
provincePichincha
LocationAlong road between Pacto and Cielo Verde (Prov. Imbabura) on Rió Guayabamba, 10.2 km SW of Pacto, 34.8 km SW of Armenia junction with Nanegalito-Pto. Quito Hwy. 1619 m elev.
Lat/LongN 00 09 42 W 078 41 23
NoteEpiphytic; internodes 4-5 cm long, 1.7-2.0 cm diam., medium green, semiglossy, smooth; petioles dark green, semiglossy, sheathed to geniculum, sheath inrolled, margin scarious but persistent; geniculum narrow and bluntly sulcate, 5 mm wide, 7 mm thick; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and matte above, moderately paler and glossy below; midrib narrowly sunken and paler above, narrowly rounded and paler below; primary lateral veins visible and many above, slightly paler not at all raised, more obscure, darker than surface below; inflorescence nodding; peduncle completely within petiole sheath; spathe white, 18 cm long, 10 cm wide when flattened long-acuminate; midrib faintly yellowish outside, semiglossy, inside matte; spadix stipitate ca. 1 cm, 11.6 cm long, 9 mm diam., 7 mm diam. to 1 cm from tip, pale yellow-green.

Local Habitat

7.9km distance

LocationEcuador, Pichincha, Maquipucuna Reserve, vicinity of Nanegal, 19 km N of Nanegalito, 6.7 km NE of Nanegalito-Nanegal Road, departing main road 3 km S of Nanegal; Sendero Humedal., N 00 07 01 W 078 38 06
Date14 March 2006
EcologyMontane rain forest