Anthurium sarmentosum Engl.

Location

Location Remarks

Parque Nacional Cotopaxi: Laguna de Limpiopungo. Colecciones en y alrededor de la laguna. Páramo. 3863 m elev.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson

Notes

Terrestrial on steep bank; primary lateral veins 5-6 mm diam., medium green to yellow-brown, weakly glossy; cataphylls 7.5 cm long, green, deciduous; petioles sharply sulcate, medium green, purplish red, tinged densely speckled; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and semiglossy above, paler and matte below; midrib bluntly acute and paler, tinged red above, narrowly rounded and paler below; primary lateral veins quilted and concolorous above, narrowly raised, pleated-raised and slightly darker below; spathe medium green, spreading; spadix dark purple-violet, 8 mm diam.; pistils weakly emerged; berries red, 5 mm long, 4 mm diam.

Location

Location Remarks

Along road between Tandayapa and Mindo, vicinity of Bellavisata Tourist Lodge, 6.5 km N of Tandayapa on old road from Nono to Mindo. 2270 m elev.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Terrestrial vine on steep bank; internodes 8 mm diam.; cataphylls persisting, semi-intact at upper most nodes; petioles sharply C-shaped with obtuse medial rib, tinged reddish; blades moderately coriaceous, semiglossy, bicolorous; midrib narrowly rounded and reddish above, narrowly rounded and much paler below; primary lateral veins etched-sunken and concolorous above, bluntly angular and pleated-raised below; spathe green, reflexed; spadix dark violet-purple; berries violet.