Anthurium tenerum Engl.

Scandent epiphyte; stems elongate with internodes 1.5-7.5 cm long; roots moderately thin, usually 2-4 at each node; cataphylls 4-6 cm long, thin, acute at apex, drying tan, persisting intact at nodes. LEAVES spreading; petioles 1-3 cm long, 2-3 mm diam., terete, sheath extending l.5-2 cm onto petiole, minutely free at apex; geniculum absent; blades oblong or lanceolate, moderately thin, 9-15 cm long, 2.5-4 cm wide, broadest at middle or just below, acuminate at apex, obtuse to rounded at base; the upper surface semiglossy to glossy, lower surface semiglossy; midrib acutely raised above and below, sunken at apex above; primary lateral veins numerous, nearly obscure above and below; collective vein arising from the base, obscure above and below. INFLORESCENCE spreading, shorter than leaves; peduncle 2.5-4 cm long; spathe green, ovate, 1.5-2 cm long, 2-9 mm wide; spadix green (B & K Yellow-green 6/2.5), ca. 3 cm long, scarcely tapered at apex; flowers 4-lobed, the sides sigmoid; 4-5 flowers visible in the principal spiral, 3-4 flowers visible in the alternate spiral; tepals semiglossy, punctate, the inner margin convex; pistils green, emergent, ± mounded; stigma elliptic, brushlike. INFRUCTESCENCE pendent; spathe absent; spadix to 3.5 cm long; berries subglobose flat at apex. greenish-white immature, mature berry color unknown, probably 5 mm diam. at maturity.