Anthurium wendlingeri G.M.Barroso

Pendent epiphyte; stems ca. 20 cm long; the internodes 1.5-2 cm long, except near apex; roots moderately thick; cataphylls moderately thick, 5.5-15 cm long, acuminate at apex, drying brown, weathering into coarse persistent, longitudinal fibers. LEAVES spreading-pendent; petioles terete, (5)8-30 cm long, 2-4 mm diam.; geniculum 1-1.5 cm long; blades oblong, moderately thick, 32-80 cm long, 3-11 cm wide, acuminate at a apex, round to truncate at base; upper surface weakly velvety, obscurely and sparsely glandular-punctate, lower surface semiglossy, sparsely glandular-punctate; midrib convexly raised at base above, more acute toward apex, diminishing and flat at apex, raised at base below, flat from ca. midway to apex; primary lateral veins 11-24 per side, departing midrib at 30°-40° angle, raised and nearly obscure above, flat below; lesser veins obscure; collective vein arising from the lowermost primary lateral vein, weakly sunken above, flat to weakly raised below, 5-9 mm from margin. INFLORESCENCE spreading to pendent, usually shorter than leaves; peduncle 13-42 cm long, 3-7 mm diam.; spathe moderately thin, pale green tinged purplish, ± oblong, 7-11 cm long, 8-13 mm wide, gradually acuminate at apex, inserted at ca. 45° angle on peduncle, withering and curling horizontally or deciduous; spadix pale green to white or grayish-white, straight when young, becoming spiralled in age, 12-80 cm long, 3-5 mm diam. at base, narrowly-tapered to apex; flowers ± 4-lobed, 3-3.1 mm long, 2.4-2.6 mm wide, the sides smoothly sigmoid; 4-5 flowers visible in the principal spiral, ca. 10 flowers visible in the alternate spiral; tepals matte, weakly punctate, minutely papillate, the lateral tepals 1.6-1.7 mm wide, the inner margin broadly rounded; pistils weakly emergent, pale green, glossy; stigmas linear, 0.3 mm long; lateral stamens emerging scattered throughout length of spadix, alternate stamens soon following with no apparent pattern; anthers cream, held at edge of tepals against sides of pistil, ca. 0.7 mm long, ca. 0.6 mm wide; thecae ellipsoid, not divaricate; pollen creamy-white. INFRUCTESCENCE pendent; berries reddish, ± oblong or globose, ca. 5 mm long, flattened at apex with a central depression.