Anthurium hammelii Croat

Description based on dried material only. Epiphytic; stem 1 cm diam.; cataphylls subcoriaceous, 6 cm long, brown, persisting semi-intact. LEAVES; petioles 33-34 cm long, 4 mm diam., apparently subterete; geniculum 1 cm long; blades subcoriaceous, oblong to oblong-elliptic, acuminate at apex (the acumen flat, 15-20 mm long), obtuse at base, 30-31 cm long, 5.5-7 cm wide, broadest at or near middle, the margins weakly undulate; midrib convexly raised above, more prominently so below; primary lateral veins 9-11 per side, departing midrib at 60° angle, arcuate to the collective vein, raised above and below; interprimary veins few, almost as conspicuous as primary lateral veins; tertiary veins prominulous above and below; collective vein arising from the base, less prominent than primary lateral veins, 2-4 mm from margin. INFLORESCENCES erect, shorter than leaves; peduncle 28 cm long, 3 mm diam., slightly shorter than petiole, terete; spathe subcoriaceous, dark reddish purple, ovate-rounded, 8.5 cm long, 7 cm wide, broadest at or near middle, the apex round and minutely apiculate, the base cordate; stipe 1 cm long in front and back; spadix cream, cylindroid-ellipsoid, 2.1 cm long, 8 mm diam. midway, broadest at the middle; flowers rhombic, 1.5-2.4 mm long, 2-2.5 mm wide; 5-7 flowers visible in principal spiral; lateral tepals 1-1.5 mm wide, the inner margins rounded; pistils not emergent; stamens emerging well above tepals, then retracting to level of tepals, held in tight cluster above pistil; anthers 0.6 mm long, 0.6 mm wide; theca ovoid, scarcely divaricate. INFRUCTESCENCE not seen.