Anthurium pittieri var. pittieri

Epiphyte, sometimes somewhat scandent; stems less than 30 cm long; internodes short, 1-1.5 cm diam., leaf scars conspicuous; roots few, descending; cataphylls subcoriaceous, (3)8-12.5(14) cm long, apiculate at apex, drying dark tan, persisting intact, ultimately deciduous. LEAVES spreading; petioles 3-15 cm long, 4-7 mm diam., subterete, usually bluntly sulcate to weakly flattened; geniculum 2-3 cm long; blades narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate-elliptic to ovate-elliptic or oblong, moderately thick, (8.5)10-43 cm long, 1.5-9 cm wide, acuminate at apex, acute to obtuse or rarely rounded at base; upper surface matte to semiglossy, lower surface semiglossy; midrib broad and convexly raised above and below, diminished and sunken at apex above; primary lateral veins 17-20 per side, ± obscure above, prominulous to flat and ± obscure below, departing midrib at ca. 50° angle, straight to collective vein; collective vein arising near the base, weakly sunken above and prominulous below, 3-6 mm from margin. INFLORESCENCE ± erect, usually shorter than leaves; peduncle (5)11-14 cm long; spathe green, subcoriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, (3)7-15 cm long, 1.2-2.5 cm wide, caudate-acuminate at apex, decurrent onto peduncle 1-1.5 cm, acute to attenuate at base, inserted at 80° angle on peduncle; spadix green (B & K Yellow-green 5/7.5), (2.2)11-14.5 cm long, (3)7-8 mm diam. at base, (2)4-5 mm diam. at apex; flowers rhombic, 6-6.3 mm in both directions, the sides straight to weakly sigmoid; 2-3 flowers visible in the principal spiral, 3-5 flowers visible in the alternate spiral; tepals matte, minutely papillate, larger plants with tepals usually mounded giving spadix a knobby appearance, lateral tepals ca. 5 mm wide, the inner margin straight; pistils usually exserted, green, matte; stigma elliptic, ca. 0.6 mm long, brushlike, exserted and glistening with a small droplet for 3 or 4 days ca. 2-3 weeks before anthers emerge, dry and black as stamens emerge; stamens emerging slowly in scattered manner throughout spadix, exserted on minute, green filaments that retract holding anthers at sides of pistil; anthers cream-colored ca. 0.5 mm long, ca. 1 mm wide; thecae tan, ellipsoid, not divaricate; pollen pale yellow fading to white, soon dispersing. INFRUCTESCENCE pendent; spadix 5-15 cm long; berries yellow to orange in Panama or reportedly white in Costa Rica, obovoid, acute at apex, 1-1.5 cm long, 7 mm wide; seeds 2, green, flattened.