Monstera subpinnata (Schott) Engl.

Location

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

Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry

Notes

Appressed hemiepiphyte; internodes 1.5-2 cm long, 2.5-3.0 cm diam.; petioles medium-dark green, matte, sheathed to near apex, free part slightly sulcate; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and weakly glossy above, slightly paler and weakly glossy below; midrib obtusely sunken and concolorous above, narrowly rounded and much paler below; primary lateral veins deeply sunken and concolorous above, narrowly rounded and paler below; minor veins moderately obscure; infructescences solitary; peduncle 6 cm long, dark green; spadix pale orange matte; pistils prominently acute at apex.