Stenospermation

Location

Location Remarks

Vía Loja-Zamora, Estación Cientifica San Francisco, sendero zig-zag, camino canal y Q2. 1862 m elev.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry

Notes

Epiphyte; internodes short, 1.5 cm diam.; blades semi-yellow, subcoriaceous; inflorescence cernuous; spathe green; spadix creamy white.

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

Epiphytic; internodes 4-5 cm long, 1.7-2.0 cm diam., medium green, semiglossy, smooth; petioles dark green, semiglossy, sheathed to geniculum, sheath inrolled, margin scarious but persistent; geniculum narrow and bluntly sulcate, 5 mm wide, 7 mm thick; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and matte above, moderately paler and glossy below; midrib narrowly sunken and paler above, narrowly rounded and paler below; primary lateral veins visible and many above, slightly paler not at all raised, more obscure, darker than surface below; inflorescence nodding; peduncle completely within petiole sheath; spathe white, 18 cm long, 10 cm wide when flattened long-acuminate; midrib faintly yellowish outside, semiglossy, inside matte; spadix stipitate ca. 1 cm, 11.6 cm long, 9 mm diam., 7 mm diam. to 1 cm from tip, pale yellow-green.