Anthurium scandens (Aubl.) Engl.

Epiphytic; stem to ca. 60 cm long; internodes typically longer than broad, usually less than 2 cm long, ca. 3 mm diam.; aerial roots few drying light tan, well-branched, to ca. 15 cm long; cataphylls 2-3 cm long, tan to brown when dried, persisting as a fine reticulum of fibers; petioles less than 1 cm long (averaging .7 cm), 1 mm diam., sulcate; blades 3-6 cm long, .9-2.2 cm wide (averaging 4 x 1.4 cm), 2.9-3.1 times longer than broad, 4-4.5 times longer than the petioles, subcoriaceous, ovate-elliptic, apiculate at apex, acute to rounded at base, broadest at or near the middle, lower surface glandular-punctate; midrib acutely raised above, narrowly raised and paler below; primary lateral veins 3-10 or more per side, departing midrib at 35-40° angle, weakly sunken above, more or less obscure on both surfaces; collective vein arising near base, 3-5 mm from margins. INFLORESCENCES erect to spreading; peduncle 1.5-2 cm long, ca. 1 mm diam.; spathe green, oblong-lanceolate, reflexed, to ca. 5 mm long; spadix green, to ca. 1 cm long, 2-4 mm diam.