Araceae
Anthurium corallinum Poepp.
SUMMARY
Epiphytic; roots few per node, whitish to yellowish green, 2-4 mm wide, spreading to descending; stem terete, yellowish green, smooth; internodes short, 0.6-1 cm long, 1 cm diam., covered by the cataphylls; cataphylls 4.2-15.3 cm long, up to 2-ribbed, lanceolate, green to reddish brown or dark brown, persistent entire, coriaceous. LEAVES erect to spreading; petioles 15.2-48.3 cm long, 0.3-0.6 cm wide, terete, green; sheath 2.1-11 cm long; geniculum 1.9-3.4 cm long, greenish; blades subcoriaceous, 19.5-42.6 cm long, 8.9-19.3 cm wide, wider to the middle, ovate-cordate, acuminate at apex, deeply cordate to base, margins convex, posterior lobes oblong to rounded, 2.9-9.4 cm long; sinus triangular; glossy, dark green above, lower surface much paler; midrib raised and more conspicuous above; primary lateral veins moderately obscure both surfaces, 10-15 per side, straight, departing midrib at 40-60° angles; tertiary veins obscure beneath; basal veins 3-4 pairs, free to base, convex above; collective veins 2-3, arising from 2nd and 3rd (4th) basal vein, subparallel, the first 0-2 mm from the margin, the second 3-7 mm from the margin, the third 1.2-2.9 cm from the margin. INFLORESCENCE erect; peduncle 10.7-34.7 cm long, 0.5-0.6 cm wide, terete, greenish, 0.7-0.8 times longer than the petiole; spathe chartaceous, green, persistent, spreading sometimes recurved, 9.8--14.8 cm long, 1.5-2.8 cm wide, oblong, acuminate to apex, cordate to base; spadix tapered, 10.4-13.4 cm long, 0.6-0.8 cm wide next to base, 0.4-0.5 cm long next to apex, greenish or yellow to dull red or reddish orange; flowers 4-lobed, sides sigmoid, 2 X 2 mm, 6-7 flowers visible in the principal spiral, 5-6 flowers visible in the alternate spiral; tepals purple, matte, 3-6-sided, inner margin convex; pistils ca. 2 mm, emerging only after anthesis; filaments flattened, slightly convex; anthers rounding the stigmas at anthesis; thecae slightly divaricate; pollen whitish. INFRUCTESCENCE not seen; immature infructescence orange (fide Vasquez 22563); mature berries said to be orange (fide Schunke 5034).