This occurrence of Araceae Rhodospatha latifolia Poepp. (Croat, T 93518) was collected on 8/17/2004 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 9 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.
Rhodospatha latifolia, Croat93518--Ecuador. Prov. Napo. E of D. de Pineda. 17 Aug 04. 026.jpg
Family
Araceae
Genus
Rhodospatha
Specific Epithet
latifolia
Authorship
Poepp.
Record Number
Croat, T 93518
Collection Date
8/17/2004
Remarks
On rocks or hemiepiphytic; internodes dark green and glossy, 1.5-1.8 cm diam.; petioles sheathed throughout, shaft medium green, sheath margin dark green (both weakly glossy); geniculum sharply sulcate, 5 mm wide, 7 mm thick; blades subcoriaceous, semiglossy, moderately bicolorous; midrib narrowly sunken and marginally discolored pale above, narrowly rounded and pale below; primary lateral veins sunken-quilted and concolorous above, convex and paler below; spathe green, 14.4 cm long, erect, medium green and weakly glossy outside, pale white-green and glossy inside, 2.8 cm diam. at near anthesis; spadix light pink and smelling of anise at anthesis 10.4 cm long, 1.6 cm diam. midway, 11 mm diam. at base, 9 mm diam. at 1 cm from tip, bluish green post-anthesis.
