Philodendron beniteziae Croat

Scandent hemiepiphyte to 2.5(-4) m; internodes 0-) 1.5-6 (-8) cm long; 5-7 mm diam., moderately smooth, drying green and smooth, striate, matte, bearing a few short roots on the flowering branches; petiole sheathing stems, 6-19 cm long (averaging 11.7 cm), 0.5-0.75 times as long as blades, sheathed throughout or nearly so, the free portion to 1.5 cm long; blades narrowly oblong-elliptic, to oblong-oblanceolate, 12-25 (-34) cm long, 4.3-6.5 (-9) cm wide (averaging 18.3 x 5.8), 2.4-3.7(-4) times longer than broad, 0.6-1.9(-2.6) times longer than the petioles, narrowly acuminate at apex, acute at base, drying green; midrib sunken above, narrowly raised below; primary lateral veins not well defined, (7-)9-13 pairs, obscure above, weakly visible on lower surface upon drying; interprimary veins about as conspicuous as the primary lateral veins; minor veins weakly visible, drying weakly wrinkled; margins drying minutely revolute. INFLORESCENCE solitary, drying reddish brown; peduncle 1-2.2 cm long, less than 3 mm diam.; spathe tube oblong-elliptic, to 1.7 cm diam. (dried); spathe blade white; pistillate spadix 1.4-3.5 cm long, ca. 1.5 cm diam.; stigmas drying conspicuously bowl-shaped, brown, 0.7-0.9 mm diam., staminate spadix ca. ca. 3.5 cm long; berries not seen.