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Philodendron rigidifolium subsp. sanctae-ritae Grayum
SUMMARY
Rigidly scandent hemiepiphyte or liana, the flowering branches pendent and arching out from tree. LEAVES: Petiole (17.8-) 22.1-27.7 cm long, P/L=0.71-0.88; unsheathed portion (1.3-) 2.6-5.4 cm long. Lamina (23.3-) 26.6-33.9 cm long, (15.7-) 17.7-22.2 cm wide, L/W=1.42-1.55, cordate basally, with the sinus to at least 2.9 cm deep; abaxial laminar surface with abundant and prominulous reticulate veins; short, white stitching ± abundant; resin canals not visible, but dark, presumably resiniferous punctations abundant and more or less conspicuous. INFLORESCENCES: Peduncles 3.2-5.2 cm long. Fig. 99.