Anthurium asplundii Croat

Location

Location Remarks

Valley of Río Waiwaime, near its mouth at Río Quime, vicinity of Ecuacorrientes mining company headquarters, along road which leads to the copper mine, from headquarters camp to the locked gate.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Xavier Cornejo, Christopher Davidson, Geneviève Ferry

Notes

Epiphyte; internodes short, 3.5 cm diam.; roots dense; cataphylls lanceolate; petioles 6-ribbed abaxially; sharply flattened adaxially with erect marginal ribs; blades subcoriaceous, semiglossy, weakly bicolorous; midrib broadly convex-flattened, raised and slightly paler above, thickly raised and several ribbed, paler below; primary lateral veins narrowly convex and concolorous above, narrowly convex and concolorous below; inflorescence erect; spathe medium green, spreading; spadix dark violet-purple, matte.

Location

Location Remarks

Reserva Ecológica Manglares Churute, Cerro Pancho Diablo, Sendero La Cascade. 180m elev.

Collectors

Tom B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Terrestrial or epiphyte; blades in rosette; cataphylls unknown; petiole sharply 1-ribbed medially, acutely 3-ribbed abaxially dark green, semiglossy; blades subcoriaceous, dark green and semiglossy above, paler and semiglossy below; midrib acutely angled and concolorous above, angular and acutely 1-ribbed abaxially; primary lateral veins narrowly raised and concolorous above, narrowly raised and slightly paler below; tertiary veins weakly raised and concolorous below; inflorescence erect-spreading; spathe medium green, weakly glossy and tinged purple outside, semiglossy and green inside; spadix green, tinged purple matte, 1 cm diam.