Anthurium pauciflorum Croat

Epiphyte; stems 4-6 cm diam.; internodes elongate; roots thin; cataphylls ca. 4.5 cm long, drying tan, persisting around stem, weathering to fine longitudinal fibers. LEAVES with petiole erect-spreading, 10-21 cm long, narrowly sulcate; geniculum ca. 1 cm long; blades ovate to ovate-triangular, moderately thin, long-acuminate at apex, lobed at base, 15-21 cm long, 8-10 cm wide, broadest at base or at point of petiole attachment; anterior lobe 13.7-20 cm long, margin straight to convex; posterior lobes 4-6 cm long, from apex of sinus to outermost point; sinus parabolic to hippocrepiform, the apex rounded; both surfaces matte (dry), the lower surface markedly paler; midrib raised above and below (dry); basal veins 4-5 pairs, the first and second free to the base, those remaining coalesced 0.7-1 cm, raised above and below (dry), yellow on lower surface; primary lateral veins 5-6 per side, departing midrib at 45-60° angle, prominulous above, raised below (dry), straight to weakly arching near collective vein; lesser veins conspicuous on drying; collective vein arising from the first or second basal vein, sometimes from one of the lower basal veins, prominulous above, raised below (dry). INFLORESCENCE shorter than leaves, erect; peduncle 4.5-8 cm long, 1-2 mm diam.; spathe green, subcoriaceous, lanceolate, 2.7-3 cm long, 5-7 mm wide, strongly reflexed, long-acuminate at apex; spadix yellow, cylindroid, rounded at apex, 2-3 cm long, ca. 3 mm diam. midway; flowers rhombic 2-2.4 mm long, 1.8-2 mm wide, the sides straight to weakly sigmoid; 3 flowers visible in the principal spiral, 5-6 flowers visible in the alternate spiral; tepals matte (dry), lateral tepals 0.7-0.8 mm wide, the inner margin straight to convex; pistils exserted; stigma linear, 0.4 mm long; not seen at anthesis. INFRUCTESCENCE not seen.