Monstera subpinnata (Schott) Engl.

Araceae

Collection NumberCroat, T 98853
CollectorsThomas B. Croat & Geneviève Ferry
Identified ByT. B. Croat (MO)
SourceC. Davidson
Date20 September 2007
CountryEcuador
provinceZamora Chinchipe
cantonEl Pangui
LocationVicinity of Tandaime, above the junction to Condor Mirador, military reservation above Tandaime village, sandstone plateau of Cordillera del Condor, dwarf forest with canopy 8-10 m tall. 1420 m elev.
Lat/LongS 03 33 59 W 78 26 29
NoteAppressed hemiepiphyte; internodes 1.5-2 cm long, 2.5-3.0 cm diam.; petioles medium-dark green, matte, sheathed to near apex, free part slightly sulcate; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and weakly glossy above, slightly paler and weakly glossy below; midrib obtusely sunken and concolorous above, narrowly rounded and much paler below; primary lateral veins deeply sunken and concolorous above, narrowly rounded and paler below; minor veins moderately obscure; infructescences solitary; peduncle 6 cm long, dark green; spadix pale orange matte; pistils prominently acute at apex.