9/19/2007
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui
-3.630278, -78.447222
Location Remarks
Cordillera del Cóndor. Summit area of sandstone plateau, a western spur of the Cóndor, Contrafuerte Tres Patines, south of Río Tundayme, above the military road to Cóndor Mirador. Dense, wet dwarf forest and low shrubby vegetation. 1680 m elev.
Collectors
Thomas B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry
Notes
Terrestrial; internodes short, 1.7 cm diam.; few pale cataphylls fibers persisting; petiole sheath C-shaped, dark green, weakly glossy to matte; major veins acute, concolorous above, bluntly acute below; inflorescence erect; spathe medium green reflexed; spadix pale yellow, tipped green.
3/14/2006
Location
Ecuador, Pichincha
0.021944, -78.746944
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
Thomas B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Terrestrial; stems to greater than 1 m long, 3-4 cm diam.; cataphylls marcescent, partly persistent as thin intact fragment; petiole terete medium green, semiglossy, 12 mm diam.; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and weakly glossy above, moderately paler and almost matte below; midrib acute and slightly paler above, convex and faintly ribbed below; primary lateral veins acute and concolorous above, blade acute and concolorous below; spadix creamy yellow-white; infructescence with tepals purplish; fruits green, early emergent.
