Araceae
Anthurium santaritense Nadruz & Croat
SUMMARY
Herbaceous epiphyte; stem very short; internodes short; mesophylls lanceolate, intact then becoming decomposed, 2.7-4.5 cm long; prophylls not observed. LEAVES rosulate; petioles densely pale green lineate, superficially sulcate with margins obtuse adaxially, narrowly rounded abaxially, 3.3-13.1 X 0.66-0.75 cm; geniculum weakly defined, somewhat darker than the rest of the petiole, 0.3-1 cm long; blades lanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, 30.6-51.7 x 6.7-10.2 cm, acute at apex, apiculate, acute at base, coriaceous in living material, membranaceous to weakly chartaceous in dry material, medium green and semi-glossy above, slightly paler and weakly glossy below, drying grayish green above, yellowish green below, erect; midrib flattened in the base, turning obtusely rounded toward the apex, slightly paler rounded and slightly paler abaxially; primary lateral veins 4-6 per side, curved toward apex and more or less concolorous in weak valleys above, prominent in both sides; tertiary veins drying moderately raised on lower surface. INFLORESCENCE erect-spreading; peduncle slender, 33-48 x 0.2-0.29 cm; spathe membranaceous lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, spreading-erect, 5.8-8.3 x 1.2-1.8 cm, forming an acute angle with the peduncle, decurrent 0.5-1.1 cm at base; spadix cylindric, purplish violet, prominently stipitate, 6.1-10.1 X 0.55-0.58 cm; stipe 0.3-2.5 cm long; primary spiral with 8-9 flowers, secondary spiral 6 flowers; flowers square, the sides jaggedly sigmoid, drying yellOWish brown, anterior and posterior tepals strongly convex ventrally and carinate dorsally, 0.15 x 0.1 cm; lateral tepals superficially convex ventrally and weakly carinate dorsally, 0.15 x 0.16 cm; stamens closely aggregated around the stigma; filaments weakly obovate to oblong, flattened, often slightly broader toward the apex; anthers with thecae broadly divaricate, ovoid, 0.2 x 0.09-0.1 cm, gynoecium weakly obovate, stigma truncate, ovary 2-locular, 1 ovule per locule, placentation axilar subapical, 0.16-0.18 x 0.1-0.13 cm; berries not observed.