Araceae
Anthurium huashikatii Croat
SUMMARY
Epiphytic, internodes short, drying 1- 1.3 cm diam.; cataphylls ca. 6.5 cm long, pale tan, weathering to coarse longitudinal fibers, persistant at upper nodes, then eventually deciduous. LEAVES: Petioles 18.5-46.5 cm long, drying 2-4 mm diam., yellowish brown; blades narrowly oblanceolate, somewhat narrowly acuminate at apex (acumen 3-3.5 cm long), 37-38 × 6.2-7 cm, greenish brown above, eglandular, paler below with dark punctations; midrib slightly raised, concolorous above, rounded, concolorous below; primary lateral veins 12-13 per side, slightly more prominent than interprimary veins, arising at a 35-40° angle from the midrib; collective veins arising from near base, more prominent than primary veins, 3-5 mm from margin. INFLORESCENCES with peduncle 30 cm long; spathe reflexed, about 3 mm wide where it attaches to base, otherwise lost; spadix slightly tapered, prominently stipitate (stipe 1.5-1.8 cm long), ca. 10 cm long. Flowers 1.9- 2 × 1.1-1.5 mm, 3-4 visible per spiral; lateral tepals 0.9-1.1 mm wide, outer margins two-sided. Infructescence 12 cm long, drying 6 mm wide, setting fruit in lower 3/4 only.