Anthurium anchicayense Croat

Terrestrial, semi-erect; internodes 3-14 cm long, 0.8-1.8 cm diam., matte, medium green to gray-green, becoming gray-brown, drying dark brown. LEAVES with petioles 16-20 cm long, subterete, bluntly sulcate, weakly swollen at geniculum; blades elliptic, 26-43.5 cm long, 12.5-20 cm wide, 2.1-2.2 times longer than wide, 1.9-2.3 times longer than petioles, subcoriaceous, matte to weakly glossy, subvelvety and dark green above, moderately paler and semiglossy below, drying to dark brown above and significantly paler below; midrib convex and more or less concolorous above, narrowly convex and weakly 3-ribbed below; primary lateral veins flat to weakly quilted above, departing midrib at (60-)70-80°, individually scarcely visible above, more conspicuous and round-raised below, collective vein arising from one of the first primary lateral veins, 0.6-1.8 cm from margin. INFLORESCENCE erect; peduncle terete, 13-36 cm long; spathe 6.5-12 cm long, 6-12 mm wide, medium green, drying to dark brown, lanceolate, spreading at 90° angle or prominently reflexed; spadix 19-25 cm long, slightly tapered, 4-5 mm diam. at base, 3-4 mm near middle, 2-3 mm at apex, nonstipitate, green to yellowish green (turning brown in age), matte; flowers rhombic, 2-4 visible per principal spiral, 2.1-3.8 mm long, 1.3-2.9 mm wide, sides straight, lateral tepal 1.9-2.2 mm long, 0.4-0.8 mm wide; anthers yellow. INFRUCTESCENCE with berries red at maturity, blunt at apex, broader than long, ca. 4 mm long; seeds 1 per locule, greenish, ca. 2 mm long, 1.5 mm diam.; mesocarp clear, gelatinous, sweet. Figures 1-4.