Anthurium hoffmannii Schott

Epiphyte or terrestrial; stems to 60 cm or longer; internodes 1-2 cm long; leaf scars obscured by cataphylls; roots few, green, 3-8 mm diam.; cataphylls coriaceous, 7-15 cm long, drying reddish brown, persisting intact. LEAVES with petiole erect-spreading, 20-90 cm long, 4-8 mm diam., terete or weakly sulcate; geniculum 2-3.5 cm long; blades ovate, moderately thick, 14-55 cm long, 9-38 cm wide, acuminate at apex, deeply lobed at base; anterior lobes 11-44 cm long, posterior lobes 4-12 cm long; sinus parabolic to spathulate; the upper surface semiglossy, the lower surface glossy; the midrib convexly raised above, acutely raised below; primary lateral veins 4-5 per side, weakly sunken above, raised below; basal veins 4-7 pairs, 3-4 coalesced 1-4 cm (rarely free to base); posterior rib naked, weakly turned upward; collective vein arising from first basal vein, sunken above, acutely raised below, 3-10 mm from margin. INFLORESCENCE erect to slightly arching; peduncle 16-50 cm long, 1-4 mm diam., terete; spathe, pale yellow-green, subcoriaceous, oblong-ovate to lanceolate, 6-13 cm long, 1.7-3 cm wide, inserted at 70° angle on peduncle; spadix stipitate 6-10 mm in front, 1-3 mm in back, pale green becoming white or cream colored, 4.5-8.5 cm long, ca. 8 mm diam. at middle, ca. 7 mm diam. at base and apex; flowers 4-lobed, 2.3-2.8 mm long, 2.6-3 mm wide, the sides straight to sigmoid, 5-8 flowers visible in the principal spiral; 8-13 flowers visible per alternate spiral; tepals glossy, obscurely punctate, lateral tepals 1.4 mm wide, the inner margin ± straight; pistils weakly and acutely raised, white, minutely papillate; stigma linear, 0.3 mm long, a minute inconspicuous slit with minute droplets briefly apparent ca. 1 week before stamens emerge; stamens emerging rapidly, scattered throughout spadix, the lateral stamens first; anthers white, held in ± contiguous square at edge of pistil, 0.4-0.7 mm long; thecae ovoid, weakly divaricate; pollen white. INFRUCTESCENCE arching-pendent; spadix to 15 cm long, to 2 cm diam.; berries red, ovoid, ca. 8 mm long, ca. 5 mm wide; pericarp with elongate raphide cells; mesocarp clear, gelatinous; seeds 2, brown, ca. 4 mm long, ca. 2 mm wide.