This occurrence of Araceae Philodendron sparreorum Croat (Croat, T 93291) was collected on 8/9/2004 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 12 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.
Philodendron sparreorum, Croat93291--Ecuador. Prov. Bolivar. Echeandia- Sta. Lucia.13 Aug 04. 013.jpg
Family
Araceae
Genus
Philodendron
Specific Epithet
sparreorum
Authorship
Croat
Record Number
Croat, T 93291
Collection Date
8/9/2004
Remarks
Terrestrial on steep bank; internodes much longer than broad, gray and weakly glossy; petioles terete and weakly glossy, finely ribbed, broadly sulcate toward base, dark green; blades subcoriaceous, moderately glossy and moderately bicolorous; midrib broadly sunken and pale above, narrowly rounded and slightly paler below; primary lateral veins obtusely sunken and concolorous above, narrowly rounded and paler below; inflorescences 5-6 per axil; peduncle pale green; spathe medium green on tube, pale orange on blade outside (eventually red-orange throughout), pale green inside, whitish on blade inside; female spadix pale green.
