Anthurium cupulispathum Croat & J. Rodr.
Araceae
| Collection Number | Croat, T 94619 |
| Collectors | T. B. Croat, C. Davidson, S. Christoph |
| Identified By | T. B. Croat |
| Source | C. Davidson |
| Date | 14 February 2005 |
| Country | Ecuador |
| province | Pichincha |
| Location | Along road between Tandayapa and Mindo, vicinity of Tourist Lodge, 6.5 km N of Tandayapa on old road from Nono to Mindo. 2300 m elev. |
| Lat/Long | S 00 01 19 W 78 44 49 |
| Note | Epiphyte; stem to 3/4 m long; internodes short, 6 cm diam.; cataphyll fibers persistent, red-brown with pale fibers; petioles terete, 78-150 cm long, 12-19 mm diam., medium green (covered with dark green scurf), weakly and obtusely sulcate toward apex; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and semiglossy above, moderately paler and weakly glossy below; midrib bluntly acute and moderately paler above, convex and paler below with blunt medial ridge and 2 marginal ribs along medial ridge below; primary lateral veins bluntly acute and paler above, thickly raised, paler and several ribbed below; tertiary veins in part sunken above, raised below; collective veins from 3-4 basal veins; inflorescence erect; peduncle 12 cm diam., 46 cm long, medium green, weakly glossy, faintly short lineate; spathe hooding, semiglossy and green tinged pink outside, more or less brick-red and glossy inside, 20.5 cm long, cupuliform, 14 cm wide, 9 cm across at anthers; spadix purplish violet, matte, 20 cm x 3.5 cm, 9.5 cm circumference, narrowly oblong-ellipsoid. |
Local Habitat
1.4km distance
| Location | Ecuador, Prov. Pichincha, Along road from Tandayapa to Mindo via Bellavista, 1.7-2.1 km not beyond Bellavista., S 00 01 02 W 078 44 07 |
| Date | 14 February 2005 |
| Ecology | Cloud forest. |
6.9km distance
| Location | Ecuador, Pichincha, Vicinity of Bellavista Cloud Forest Preserve, along side road to Bellavista Scientific Research Station and side road to Nanegalito, departing main Bellavista-Mindo Road, 1.2 km S of Bellavista, 0.3 km to 1 km west of Tandayapa-Mindo Road., S 00 01 16 W 078 41 07 |
| Date | 27 March 2006 |
| Ecology | Medium to high elevation cloud forest |
6.9km distance
| Location | Ecuador, Pichincha, vicinity of Bellavista Cloud Forest Preserve, along side road to Bellavista Scientific Research Station and side road to Nanegalito, departing main Bellavista-Mindo Road, 1.2 km S of Bellavista, 0.3 km to 1 km west of Tandayapa-Mindo Road., S 00 01 16 W 078 41 07 |
| Date | 27 March 2006 |
| Ecology | Montane rain forest. |
