Araceae
Anthurium pseudospectabile Croat
SUMMARY
Usually epiphytic; stem ± slender, less than 30 cm long, 1.5-5 cm diam.; leaf scars 2-4 cm wide; roots few, spreading to descending, pale grayish to pale tan, occasionally greenish, somewhat pubescent, thick and elongate, tapered, 3-6 mm diam.; cataphylls coriaceous to subcoriaceous, lanceolate, stiffly erect, 19-37 cm long, acute to obtuse or ± rounded at apex, with subapical apiculum to ca. 4 mm long, light green, drying orange brown to tan, persisting intact, eventually as a reticulum of fibers. LEAVES spreading to pendent; petioles 14-60 cm long, 7-12 mm diam., subterete to bluntly 4-sided, flattened to weakly and broadly sulcate adaxially, rounded abaxially, the surface pale-speckled; geniculum thicker and slightly paler than petiole, 1-3 cm long; blades subcoriaceous to coriaceous, oblong to oblong-elliptic, gradually acuminate at apex (the acumen weakly apiculate), decurrent to obtuse to truncate or subcordate at base, 45-150 cm long, 12-45 cm wide, broadest at or just below the middle, the margins weakly undulate; upper surface matte to semiglossy, dark green, lower surface semiglossy to glossy, slightly paler; midrib obtusely angular, becoming flat toward the apex above, prominently convex to round-raised, conspicuously paler than surface below; primary lateral veins up to 40 per side, departing midrib at 35-75° angle, straight to weakly arcuate to the collective vein, raised above in grooves, prominently raised below; interprimary veins almost as conspicuous as primary lateral veins, flat to weakly sunken above, raised below; tertiary veins obscure above, slightly darker than surface and weakly raised below; collective vein arising from near the base, sunken above, prominently raised below, equally as prominent as primary lateral veins, 2-5 mm from margin. INFLORESCENCES spreading-pendent; peduncle 13-36 cm long, 5-9 mm diam., equalling up to 1.5 x as long as petiole, terete to weakly quadrangular with blunt margins; spathe usually twisted or recurled, moderately coriaceous, green below, heavily tinged with purple above, lanceolate, 10-32 cm long, 2.5-7 cm wide, broadest near base, inserted at 45-60° angle on peduncle, gradually acuminate at apex, rounded to cordate at base; spadix yellowish green to green, sessile, narrowly tapered, 15-38 cm long, 8-12 mm diam. near base, 3-5 mm diam. near apex; flowers rhombic, ca. 3.5 mm long, 2.7-3 mm wide, the sides straight to weakly sigmoid; 4-7 flowers visible in principal spiral, 6-9 in alternate spiral; tepals matte, minutely papillate; lateral tepals 1.8-2 mm wide, the inner margins convex, turned up against the pistil; pistils early emergent, pale green; stigma linear, 0.6 mm long; stamens emerging ± rapidly from the base, arranged in a loose cluster around pistil; filaments ca. 0.3 mm long, ca. 0.5 mm wide; anthers white; thecae oblong, scarcely divaricate; pollen white. INFRUCTESCENCE pendent; berries orange, oblong-ellipsoid, 10-12 mm long, 5-6 mm diam.