Araceae
Anthurium antioquiense Engl.
SUMMARY
Rupicolous herb; stems to ca. 25 cm long, creeping; internodes short, 1.0-1.5 cm diam.; roots dense, descending; cataphylls 5-11 cm long, persisting intact, drying reddish brown; petioles ca. half as long as blades, 5-19 cm long, 2-4 mm diam., narrowly and obscurely sulcate, semiglossy; blades narrowly lanceolate-elliptic, 10-27 x 2-5.5 cm, 3.6-9.6 times longer than broad, glossy to semiglossy on both surfaces, moderately bicolorous; midrib convex on both surfaces, slightly paler above, bluntly acute and slightly paler below; primary lateral veins 3-4(-6) per side, primary lateral veins and collective veins etched above, weakly raised below; basal veins 3, the lateral pair prominently extending to the base. INFLORESCENCES erect; peduncles (6.5-)12-31 cm long, ca. 2 mm diam.; spathe white, rarely reported as lavender (Hammel et al. 15431), or lightly suffused with lavender (Ingram 873), erect-spreading, oblong-elliptic, acuminate, 2.5-4(-7) cm x 6-14 mm at middle; spadix lavender to pinkish purple, stipitate 4-6 mm, narrowly cylindric, 1.5-3(-5) cm x 3-4 mm, sweetly fragrant. Flowers produce a mint-like aroma (fide Hammel 15431). INFRUCTESCENCE white to green; berries not seen.