Anthurium dolichostachyum Sodiro

Location

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.

Collectors

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

Notes

Epiphyte; internodes 1-2 cm long, 2.5 cm diam.; cataphylls pinkish tinged, turning brown with pale fibers exposed at base; petioles reddish at base, sometimes reddish speckled, terete, medium green, semiglossy; blades thinly coriaceous, dark green and velvety above, moderately paler and matte below; midrib narrowly raised and paler above and below; internodes narrowly raised and paler marginally, pale discolored above, bluntly acute and paler below; inflorescence green, immature; spathe green; spadix reddish purple, matte when immature.

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

Location

Location Remarks

Along road from Guayacan to Pucayacú, Departing main Quevedo-Latacunga Hwy. (23.2 km W of Cotopaxi-Los Ríos border 0.8 km N of Guayacan, 8.4 km S of Guasaganda.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson

Notes

Terrestrial on steep bank; internodes short, 2.5 cm diam., dark green, semiglossy; cataphylls deciduous with few fibers at upper nodes; petioles terete; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and matte-subvelvety above, moderately paler and semiglossy below; midrib bluntly acute and moderately paler above, narrowly rounded and paler below, bluntly acute and paler above and below; inflorescence pale yellow, matte; stamens white.