Family
Araceae
Genus
Philodendron
Specific Epithet
deflexum
Authorship
Poepp. ex Schott
9/18/2007
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Nangaritza
-4.313333, -78.661389
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
Thomas B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry
Notes
Epiphyte at 4 m; internodes short 3.5-4.5 cm diam.; cataphylls unribbed, pale green, deciduous; petioles terete medium green, dark green short-lineate, spongy; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and semiglossy above, moderately paler and matte below; midrib flattened and paler above, narrowly rounded and paler below; primary lateral veins obtusely sunken and concolorous above, narrowly convex and paler below; minor veins visible; inflorescences 2 per axil; peduncle medium green, abruptly delimited from spathe; spathe medium green and semiglossy outside, white and glossy inside, maroon in tube; female spadix creamy white.
