Anthurium umbraculum Sodiro

Araceae

Collection NumberCroat, T 96525
CollectorsThomas B. Croat, Christopher Davidson & Sharon R. Christoph
Identified ByT. B. Croat (MO)
SourceC. Davidson
Date27 March 2006
CountryEcuador
provincePichincha
LocationAlong road between Tandayapa and Mindo via Bellavista, vicinity of Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, along side road to Bellavista Scientific Research Station, 1.2 km S of Bellavista, 0.3-2 km W of Tandayapa-Mindo Road. 2260-2270 m elev.
Lat/LongS 00 00 16 W 078 41 13
NoteTerrestrial on steep bank or epiphytic; internodes short, cataphylls thin, semi-persistent (see photos); petioles subterete, 70-150 cm long, 1.3-1.7 cm diam., shallowly and bluntly sulcate, medium green, weakly glossy, smooth; blades subcoriaceous; 84-94 cm long, 64-75 cm wide; midrib paler, convex at base, bluntly acute in deep valley above, round-raised and paler, matte below; primary lateral veins narrowly raised in deep valleys, concolorous above; tertiary veins deeply sunken and concolorous above, arising from almost the lowermost basal veins; basal veins 10 pairs, 1-2 free to base, 7th-8th higher fused to 8-11 cm; posterior rib naked for 8-11 cm; inflorescence spreading; spathe 34-54 cm long, 1-1.2 cm diam. medium green, matte; spathe thin medium green, brittle, spreading, becoming, coiled longitudinally, often deciduous, 27-30 cm long, 3.7-4.4 cm wide, sometimes tinged purple adaxially; spadix 29 cm long pre-anthesis, 1.3 diam. at base, 9 mm midway, 4 cm diam. 1 cm from apex, pale grayish green, matte, becoming 62 cm long, 2.0 cm diam. at base, 1.2 cm diam. midway, 5 cm diam. near apex, post-anthesis dark green with protruding green pistils.

Local Habitat

1.9km distance

LocationEcuador, 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
Date27 March 2006
EcologyMedium to high elevation cloud forest

1.9km distance

LocationEcuador, 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
Date27 March 2006
EcologyMontane rain forest.

5.6km distance

LocationEcuador, 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
Date14 February 2005
EcologyCloud forest.