Anthurium pallidiflorum Engl.

Araceae

Collection NumberCroat, T 96078
CollectorsThomas B. Croat, Christopher Davidson & Sharon R. Christoph
Identified ByT. B. Croat (MO)
SourceC. Davidson
Date18 March 2006
CountryEcuador
provinceLos Rios
LocationCerro Samama, SE of Potosí, SW of Caluma, South of Río Pita, vicinity of village of Pita, between Pita and Escuela 18 de Deciembre. 164-400 m elev.
Lat/LongS 01 38 44 W 079 19 58
NoteEpiphyte; internodes short, 1.5-2.0 cm diam.; cataphyll fibers pale, persistint; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and matte-subvelvety above, slightly paler and matte below; midrib convex, paler and speckled above, weakly convex and paler below; primary lateral veins scarcely raised either side; infructescence pendent; berries bright red. [From C. Davidson's notes: epiphytic creeper in a 6-m Heisteria latifolia.]

Local Habitat

0km distance

LocationEcuador, Los R¡os, Cerro Samama, SE of Potosí, SW of Caluma, South of Río Pita, vicinity of village of Pita, between Pita and Escuela 18 de Deciembre., S 01 38 44 W 079 19 58
Date18 March 2006
CommentThis small frog was in the leaf litter.

0km distance

LocationEcuador, Los R¡os, Cerro Samama, SE of Potosí, SW of Caluma, South of Río Pita, vicinity of village of Pita, between Pita and Escuela 18 de Deciembre., S 01 38 44 W 079 19 58
Date18 March 2006
CommentScarabaeidae on a fern

0.3km distance

LocationEcuador, Prov. Bolivar, Clementina Farms, Cerro Samama, 5.7 km S and W of main Pueblo-Viejo-Caluma Road, 5.2 km W from bridge over R¡o Pita, (turnoff is 6.3 km E from Potos¡)., S 01 38 51 W 079 19 52
Date14 August 2004
EcologyPacific slope moist forest.