Flora of the World

Record Number

Croat, T 93370

Collection Date

8/13/2004

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, X. Cornejo, Christopher Davidson, G. Ferry

Remarks

Appressed-climbing hemiepiphyte; internodes elongated, 1.2 cm diam., yellow-brown; cataphyll fibers pale; petioles terete, dark green, semiglossy; blades semiglossy, moderately bicolorous, subcoriaceous; major veins sunken and concolorous above; midrib narrowly rounded and concolorous below; primary lateral veins narrowly raised below; minor veins moderately obscure; inflorescence one per axil; peduncle medium green, semiglossy, 9 mm diam.; spathe dark green on tube, 2.7 x 3.0 cm, tinged violet-purple in lower 2/3 of tube.

Geographic Information

Country

Ecuador

State/Province

Los Rios

Coordinates

-3.566389, -78.441389

Location

Ecuador, Los Rios

Location Remarks

Valley of Río Waiwaime, near its mouth at Río Quime, vicinity of Ecuacorrientes mining company headquarters, along road which leads to the copper mine, from headquarters camp to the locked gate.