Anthurium bellavistense Croat

Araceae

Collection Number	Croat, T 94372
Collectors	T. B. Croat, C. Davidson, S. Christoph
Identified By	Thomas Croat 2016
Source	C. Davidson
Date	08 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. 2270 m elev.
Lat/Long	S 00 01 19 W 078 44 49
Note	Epiphyte; internodes short 4 cm diam.; cataphyll fibers persisting in network, red-brown; petioles 1 m long, 12 mm diam., medium green, semiglossy, obtusely and shallowly sulcate; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and semiglossy above, paler and semiglossy below; midrib sharply acute and slightly paler in valley above, sharply 3-ribbed and paler below; primary lateral veins sharply raised in valleys, slightly paler above, acutely raised and slightly paler below; inflorescence spreading; spathe ovate, concave, reddish, hooding; spadix faintly reddish, 16 cm long, 2.2 cm diam., the old pistils dark brown.

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.