Anthurium carnosum Croat & R.A.Baker

Epiphytic vine, rarely terrestrial; stems slender, canelike, erect or trailing, to 1 m or more long, 5-7 mm diam., with thin, grayish, smooth periderm; internodes 2-9 cm long, shorter near apex; roots slender, elongate, frequently branching; cataphylls moderately thick, 2-6.5 cm long, with a subapical apiculum 2-3 mm long, encircling stem, persistent at upper nodes, drying thin, dark brown, deciduous except for a few pale, threadlike fibers. LEAVES with petioles 3-12 cm long, 2-3 mm diam., weakly sulcate; geniculum 1-2 cm long; blades coriaceous, succulent, lanceolate-elliptic, narrowly elliptic or sometimes oblanceolate-elliptic, gradually long-acuminate at apex, acute to attenuate at base, (7)9-15(17) cm long, (1.7)2.5-5(7) cm wide, broadest at or about the middle; both surfaces semiglossy, the lower surface slightly paler; midrib convexly raised above, diminished and sunken before the distal two thirds, raised throughout its length below; primary lateral veins 9-13(20) per side, departing midrib at 25°-50° angle, weakly sunken above, prominulous below, lesser veins inconspicuous above, prominulous below; collective vein arising from near the base, 2-7(12) mm from the margin, obscure to weakly sunken above, slightly raised below. INFLORESCENCE spreading, ± equalling leaves; peduncle 7-13 cm long, ca. 2 mm diam., ? to 2 times longer than petioles; spathe thin, pale green, broadly lanceolate to oblong, 2.5-4.3 cm long, 8-14 mm wide, broadest in the lower third, acuminate at apex, obtuse to weakly lobed at base, inserted at ca. 45° angle on peduncle; stipe 5-8 mm long in front, 2-5 mm long in back, ca. 2 mm diam., green; spadix green, becoming yellowish and finally orange in fruit, (2.5)3-5.5 cm long, 3-4 mm diam. at base, 1.5-3 mm diam. at apex; flowers rhombic to 4-lobed, to 4 mm long, to 1.5 mm wide, the sides sigmoid; 1-2 flowers visible in the principal spiral, ca. 2 flowers visible in the alternate spiral; tepals dark green, the lateral tepals (1.5)2.5-3.5 mm wide, the inner margin convex; pistil emergent, green; stigma ellipsoid, ca. 0.3 mm long; stamens held just above tepals, the anthers yellowish-white, 0.3-0.5 mm long, 0.7-0.8 mm wide; thecae broadly ovate to sub-orbicular, weakly divaricate; pollen yellowish-white, drying white. INFRUCTESCENCE pendent, the spathe persisting; the spadix 6-10 cm long, 8-10 mm diam.; berries ovoid, acute at apex, yellow becoming bright orange, 9-11 mm long, 6-8 mm diam.; mesocarp thick, gelatinous, pale orange; seeds usually 2, sometimes 3 or 4, broadly ovate, rounded on both ends, flattened, ca. 3 mm long, 2 mm wide, 0.8 mm thick.