Anthurium andraeanum Linden

Araceae

Collection NumberCroat, T 94792
CollectorsThomas B. Croat, Christopher Davidson & Sharon Christoph
Identified ByT. B. Croat (MO)
SourceC. Davidson
Date17 February 2005
CountryEcuador
provinceCarchi
LocationVicinity of El Chical; along road to El Carmen, departing main El Chical-Peñas Blancas Rd., 0.5 km from bridge over El Chical, 3.6-4.6 km up road to El Carmen. 1435 - 1503 m elev.
Lat/LongN 00 55 19 W 78 21 14
NoteTerrestrial or epiphytic; internodes short or elongated, 5-15 cm long, medium green, semiglossy; petioles terete, medium green, semiglossy; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and weakly glossy above, paler and glossy below; midrib narrowly raised and concolorous above, acute and paler below; primary lateral veins etched and concolorous above, pleated-raised below; inflorescence erect; spathe orange-red and glossy; spadix orange except white in middle, semiglossy.

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LocationEcuador, Prov. Carchi, Vicinity of El Chical; along road to El Carmen, departing main El Chical-Pe¤as Blancas Rd., 0.5 km from bridge over El Chical, 3.6-4.6 km up road to El Carmen., N 00 55 19 W 78 21 14
Date16 February 2005
CommentThese images show the area immediately around El Chical as a proxy for El Carmen, which looks much the same except that there is no town.