Chlorospatha portillae Croat & L.P.Hannon

Location

Location Remarks

Cordillera del Cóndor, "Area de Conservación Los Tepuyes". Along banks of the Río Nangaritza, in the sandstone-walled canyon between Miazi and Shaime. Dense wet forest and sandstone rock outcrops. 890 m elev.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry

Notes

Terrestrial on steep rocky slope among rocks; stems horizontal; internodes short 1-1.5 cm diam.; petioles terete, medium green semiglossy, spongy fusely striate near apex, obtusely flat-sulcate near apex; blades thinly coriaceous, dark green and semiglossy above, paler and semiglossy below; major veins obtusely sunken and concolorous above, narrowly rounded and slightly paler and semiglossy below; teritary veins producing a reticulate pattern below; inflorescences 4 per axil; peduncle pale green, 2 mm diam.; spathe medium green and weakly glossy outside on tube, the blade pale green, prominently reflexed, the inner surface even paler green; spadix 4.1 cm long, female spadix pale yellow-green, 3.5 mm diam., constricted part 1 mm diam; male spadix pale yellow 2.5 mm diam., 2.9 mm long.