Araceae
Anthurium baguense Croat
SUMMARY
Terrestrial, 60-80 cm tall; internodes short, 1.5-2 cm diam., cataphylls 7-10 cm long, soon decomposing to pale brown reticulum of fibers. LEAVES; Petioles (18) 34-45 (54) cm long, ca. 5 mm diam., subterete, drying blackened, geniculum 1.5-2.5 cm long, drying blackened; blades ovate-elliptic or rarely lanceolate, 21-32 × 4.3-13.3 cm, narrowly acuminate at apex, acute and weakly attenuate at base, dark green and almost matte above, drying yellow-green to gray-green, slightly paler and semi-glossy below, drying dark gray-brown; midrib narrowly raised above, convex below, drying somewhat darker than surface; primary lateral veins 7-10 per side, departing at 45-55° angle, weakly curved to margin, flat on upper surface, drying weakly raised and less conspicuous than collective veins, convex below; collective veins arising from base, 4-8 mm from margin; interprimary veins often present; tertiary veins weakly raised on drying. INFLORESCENCE erect, peduncle (21) 27-38 (52) cm long, drying 3- 4 mm diam., spathe green to reddish green, lanceolate (1.7) 3.5-5.3 cm × 3-7 mm, acuminate at apex, inserted at ca. 45° angle at base and decurrent for up to 7 mm on peduncle; spadix 2.0-6.3 cm long, weakly tapered toward apex, yellowish green to green. Flowers 4-5 visible per spiral, square, 1.7-2.3 mm long and wide, tepals drying 1-1.2 mm diam., outer margin 2-, or less frequently, 3-4-sided, inner margin concave, style drying button-shaped, 0.5-0.6 mm diam., 0.2 mm thick.