3/24/2006
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, 30-60 cm tall; internodes medium green, semiglossy, soon violet-purple, weakly glossy; cataphyll fibers persisting closely appressed to stem, pale brown; petioles subterete, yellow green, finely gland-punctate, weakly sulcate, sharply so on geniculum; 2 mm diam.; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and velvety-matte above, moderately paler and weakly glossy below; inflorescence erect; spathe pale green, reflexed; spadix medium green, matte, 6.5 cm long, 4 mm diam.; pistils paler.
