Araceae
Anthurium cardenasii Croat
SUMMARY
Epiphyte; internodes elongated, c. 2 cm long, 3–4 mm diam.; cataphylls c. 6.5 cm long, deciduous after becoming fibrous at base. Leaves erect; petiole terete, thinly sheathed for 1–1.5 cm, 5–5.5 cm long, 1–2 mm diam., drying dark yellow-brown; blade oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at apex, rounded at base, 20–23 cm long, 4.5– 5 cm wide, averaging 22 × 4.8 cm, 4.2–5.1 × longer than wide, 3.9–4.5 × longer than petiole, drying weakly glossy and dark yellow-brown above, semiglossy and slightly lighter below; midrib narrowly raised and concolorous above, drying concolorous and with a faint medial rib, sharply raised and concolorous below, drying darker than the surface; primary lateral veins 8–10 pairs, arising at 40–50° angle, slightly raised and concolorous above and below; collective veins arising from the first pair of basal veins, 2–4 mm from margin; basal veins 2 pairs, both free to the base, the 2nd pair weak and confined to the base of the blade; tertiary veins prominent, reticulate veins prominent, close with a fine array of minute granules in the areoles, the surface glossy upon magnification. Inflorescences erect; peduncle slender, c. 19 cm long, c. 1 mm diam., drying dark yellow-brown; spathe lanceolate, 8–9.5 cm long, 0.8–1.4 cm wide, green, drying dark yellow-brown; spadix stipitate for 5 mm, cylindrical, c. 7 cm long, 3 mm diam. when immature, green. Flowers 2.4–3 mm long, 2.1–2.5 mm wide, 3–5 visible per spiral; tepals minutely papillate, lateral tepals 0.8– 1 mm diam., outer margin 3-sided, inner margin rounded.