Anthurium longilaminatum Engl.

Stem abbreviated. LEAVES: Petiole ca. half as long as blade, adult petiole up to 40 cm long, 1 cm thick, geniculum ca. 2 cm long, 1.5 cm thick, rounded abaxially, flattened or sometimes very slightly sulcate adaxially. Blade thick, coriaceous, opaque, lanceolate, narrowed cuneately towards the base more than towards the apex, 60-70 cm long, 2 cm [sic. misprint for 20 cm?] broad, midrib strongly prominent and rounded abaxially, above somewhat convex, 1 cm thick, strongly narrowing upwards, primary lateral veins numerous, 1.5-2cm distant from one another, those in the middle and upper part of the blade arising from the midrib at an angle of ca. 80°, joined into a collective vein 5-6 cm from the margin and becoming very near the margin in the lower part of the blade. INFLORESCENCE: Peduncle longer than petiole, ca. 35 cm long. Spathe linear-lanceolate, long-acuminate for 1 cm, decurrent at the base for 1 cm, ca. 8 cm long, 1 cm wide in lower part. Spadix cylindric, twice as long as the spathe, becoming purple, up to 15 cm long, 5 mm thick. Tepals 1.5 times wider than long, 1.5 mm long, 2 mm wide. Ovary ovoid.