Anthurium hodgei Croat, Oberle & M.M. Mora

Araceae

Collection NumberCroat, T 94470
CollectorsThomas B. Croat, Christopher Davidson & Sharon Christoph
Identified By
SourceC. Davidson
Date10 February 2005
CountryEcuador
provincePichincha
LocationReserva Guaycuyacu near border with Imbabura Province, along Río Guaycuyacu on road from Cielo-Verde to Santa Rosa, near junction of Río Guaycuyacu and Río Guayabamba. 500 m elev.
Lat/LongN 00 13 00 W 78 55 00
NoteEpiphyte at 2 m tall; internodes short 2.5 cm diam.; cataphyll fibers red-brown, closely parallel; petioles medium green, finely striate, sharply C-shaped, sulcate; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and weakly glossy above, moderately paler and semiglossy below; midrib acute and slightly paler above, narrowly round-raised and paler below; primary lateral veins narrowly raised and concolorous above, bluntly angular and slightly paler below; tertiary veins moderately obscure; infructescence pendent; spathe medium green, straight with peduncle; spadix red.

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LocationEcuador, Prov. Pichincha, Reserva Guaycuyacu near border with Imbabura Province, along R¡o Guaycuyacu on road from Cielo-Verde to Santa Rosa, near junction of R¡o Guaycuyacu and R¡o Guayabamba., N 00 13 00 W 78 55 00
Date10 February 2005
EcologyMid-elevation moist forest, ca. 500 m.
CommentA small but very rich fragment of the original forest.