9/24/2007
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Palanda
-4.481111, -79.149167
Location Remarks
Tapichalaca Reserve, south of Podocarpus National Park, along road between Yangana and Valladolid, upper Río Chinchipe watershed. Wet montane cloud forest and disturbed roadside vegetation. 2650 m elev.
Collectors
David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Epiphytic herb. Spathe green suffused red. Fruiting spadix dark red; flowering spadiz also dark red. Petiole and leaf midrib suffused red.
9/22/2007
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe
-3.973694, -79.077333
Location Remarks
Vía Loja-Zamora, Estación Cientifica San Francisco, sendero zig-zag, camino canal y Q2. 1862 m elev.
Collectors
Notes
Terrestrial; internodes short 2-5 cm diam.; petioles slightly sulcate; blades coriaceous, dark green, semiglossy above, pale and matte below; spathe green reflexed; spadix purplish.