Flora of the World

Record Number

Croat, T 93314

Collection Date

8/13/2004

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Xavier Cornejo, Christopher Davidson, Geneviève Ferry

Remarks

Epiphyte at 15 m; internodes short, 6 cm diam.; cataphyll fibers persisting in netlike reticulum; petioles terete, narrowly and obtusely sulcate, medium green, weakly glossy; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and glossy above, paler and glossy below; midrib narrowly rounded and paler above near base, acute toward apex, narrowly rounded and paler below with an acute rib; primary lateral veins bluntly acute and paler above, acute and moderately paler below; tertiary veins in part weakly raised below; inflorescence spreading; spathe purplish violet, semiglossy outside, darker and glossier inside, with paler veins; spadix 3.1 cm diam., matte, dark violet-purple, stipitate 1 cm long.

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.