Philodendron cotapatense Croat & Acebey

Appressed-climbing hemiepiphyte; internodes I- 3 cm long, 1.7 cm diam., drying initially blackish and smooth, becoming minutely, finely and irregularly ridged, matte, finally light yellow-brown and smooth with big folds, sometimes with the epidermis loosening; cataphylls 8 cm long, sharply 1-ribbed on drying, drying blackened, deciduous. LEAVES: Leaf blades oblong, 41.5-43 X 6-6.7 cm, 6.9 times longer than wide, 2-2.3 times longer than petioles, narrowly acute at base, narrowly caudate-acuminate at apex, semiglossy, slightly bicolored, drying medium gray-green above, slightly paler and yellowish gray-green below; midrib broadly convex and slightly darker than surface above, narrowly convex and darker than surface below, drying finely and inconspicuously ridged on both surfaces; primary lateral veins not at all apparent; minor veins numerous, fine, arising at 35°-45° angle, sometimes drying weakly undulate. INFLORESCENCES 2 per axil; peduncle 4-6 cm long, drying black, 3 mm diam. midway; spathe 8.5-9.5 cm long, drying 1.2-1-5 cm diam.; stipe 4 mm long in front, 5 mm wide; spadix 8.7 cm long, ca. 0.8 mm shorter than the spathe; pistillate portion of spadix 2.1 cm long, drying 7X3 mm wide; staminate portion of spadix 6.5 cm long, drying 5X8 mm wide. Pistils 0.8-1.0 mm long; 5- to 6-locular; stigmas 0.6-0.8 mm diam.; ovules 1 per locule, basal 0.6-0.7 mm long; enveloped in a gelatinous envelope 2 mm long; fu-nicle ca. 2 times as long as ovule.