Philodendron fibrosum Sodiro ex Croat
Araceae
| Collection Number | Croat, T 95967 |
| Collectors | Thomas B. Croat, Christopher Davidson & Sharon R. Christoph |
| Identified By | T. B. Croat (MO) |
| Source | C. Davidson |
| Date | 15 March 2006 |
| Country | Ecuador |
| province | Pichincha |
| Location | Along road and trail from Maquipucuna Lodge to Ecolodge Santa Lucia, 2 km N of Maquipucuna Entrance. 1400 m elev. |
| Lat/Long | N 00 07 19 W 078 37 06 |
| Note | Epiphyte; internodes reddish brown, scurfy, 3.6 cm diam; cataphylls green, densely green-scaly, 38 cm long; petiole terete, brownish, weakly and closely transverse-wrinkled, densely green-scaly; blades thinly coriaceous, dark green and matte-subvelvety above, moderately paler and semiglossy below; midrib sunken and slightly paler above, narrowly round-raised, yellow-green, matte and paler below; secondary veins deeply sunken and concolorous above, narrowly round-raised and slightly paler below; minor veins moderately distinct; cross-veins visible; inflorescences 4 per axil; peduncle-like petioles 1.3 cm diam.; spathe brownish. |
Local Habitat
0km distance
| Location | Ecuador, Pichincha, Along road and trail from Maquipucuna Lodge to Ecolodge Santa Lucia, 2 km N of Maquipucuna Entrance., N 00 07 19 W 078 37 06 |
| Date | 15 March 2006 |
| Ecology | Montane rain forest. |
1.6km distance
| Location | Ecuador, Pichincha, Maquipucuna Reserve, vicinity of Nanegal 6.7 km NE of Nanegalito-Nanegal Road (turnoff ca. 3 km S of Nanegal), 19 km N of Nanegalito, along main trail to the summit., N 00 07 12 W 078 37 56 |
| Date | 11 March 2006 |
| Ecology | Montane rain forest |
1.6km distance
| Location | Ecuador, Pichincha, Maquipucuna Reserve, vicinity of Nanegal 6.7 km NE of Nanegalito-Nanegal Road (turnoff ca. 3 km S of Nanegal), 19 km N of Nanegalito, along main trail to the summit., N 00 07 12 W 078 37 56 |
| Date | 11 March 2006 |
| Ecology | Montane rain forest |
| Comment | Many bees (Hymenoptera). |
