Araceae
Anthurium triciafrankiae Croat
SUMMARY
Epiphyte; stems to c. 1 m long; internodes short, 1–5 cm diam., medium green matte; cataphylls semi-intact at 2nd or 3rd node, thin, light brown, becoming pale and fibrous at base, then deciduous. Leaves with petiole (20–) 58–68 cm long, (3–)8–10 mm diam. midway, terete with an obscure raised sulcate area adaxially, medium green, matte; blade narrowly ovate-sagittate, (24–)60–77 cm long, (10–)34–47 cm wide, 1.6–1.9 × longer than wide, broadest above the petiolar plexus, 0.94–1.04 × as long as petiole narrowly acuminate at apex, deeply lobed at base, subcoriaceous, dark green and velvety matte above, slightly paler and weakly glossy below, drying medium grey-green and matte above, pale greenish yellow and weakly glossy below; anterior lobe 46.5–50 cm long, broadly convex along margin; posterior lobes 18–21 cm long, 12.5–13.5 cm wide, markedly turned inward; sinus narrowly obovate, 12–16 cm deep, (4.5–)8–10 cm wide; major veins drying nearly concolorous above, paler on lower surface; midrib narrowly rounded above at base and paler, becoming acute toward the apex above, prominently convex and much paler below; primary lateral veins 7–10 pairs, departing midrib at 45–55° angle, narrowly raised and paler above and below; tertiary veins in part weakly raised above and below, mostly flattened and darker below; collective veins arising from the 1st pair of basal veins or more commonly from one of the primary lateral veins from near the base to near the upper 1/3 of the blade; basal veins (6–)8–11 pairs, 1st–2nd free to the base, the remainder coalesced to varying degrees and branching from the posterior rib, the 6th–8th fused 11–12 cm; posterior rib thick, broadly curved, naked (2–)3–9 cm. Inflorescence erect; peduncle (13–)19–20 cm long, drying dark greyish green, narrowly ribbed, matte, shorter than spadix; spathe (14.5–)19–25 cm long, 2.5–3 cm wide (to 5 cm wide in fruit), medium green, spreading, moderately brittle; spadix sessile or stipitate 5–7 mm, 24–35 cm long, drying (0.8–)1–1.4 cm diam., rounded at apex, olive-green, semiglossy, turning red after anthesis. Flowers 12–13 visible per spiral, 2.3–2.9 mm long, lateral tepals 1.2–1.6 mm wide, the outer margin obtusely shield-shaped to 2-sided, inner margin rounded; stamens held briefly above the tepals, shrinking back to level of tepals, anthers 0.8 mm long, 0.4 mm wide, thecae narrowly triangular. Infructescence spreading-pendent, to 63 cm long; berries red.