Rhodospatha latifolia Poepp.

Araceae

Country	Ecuador
province	Napo
Location	Along Río Qujos at bridge along road to Parque Nacional Sumaco Napo Galeras, Sector Gonzales Diaz de Pineda between main Baeza-Lago Agrio Rd. and village of Gonzales Diaz de Pineda (departing main road at 25.3 km S of bridge over Río Quijos just N of Baeza), 0.8 km before reaching town of Gonzalez Diaz de Pineda. 1450 m elev.
Lat/Long	S 00 17 44 W 077 45 29
Note	On rocks or hemiepiphytic; internodes dark green and glossy, 1.5-1.8 cm diam.; petioles sheathed throughout, shaft medium green, sheath margin dark green (both weakly glossy); geniculum sharply sulcate, 5 mm wide, 7 mm thick; blades subcoriaceous, semiglossy, moderately bicolorous; midrib narrowly sunken and marginally discolored pale above, narrowly rounded and pale below; primary lateral veins sunken-quilted and concolorous above, convex and paler below; spathe green, 14.4 cm long, erect, medium green and weakly glossy outside, pale white-green and glossy inside, 2.8 cm diam. at near anthesis; spadix light pink and smelling of anise at anthesis 10.4 cm long, 1.6 cm diam. midway, 11 mm diam. at base, 9 mm diam. at 1 cm from tip, bluish green post-anthesis.

Location	Ecuador, Prov. Napo, Along R¡o Qujos at bridge along road to Parque Nacional Sumaco Napo Galeras, Sector Gonzales Diaz de Pineda between main Baeza-Lago Agrio Rd. and village of Gonzales Diaz de Pineda. , S 00 17 44 W 077 45 29
Date	17 August 2004