Araceae
Anthurium marleenianum Croat
Nomenclature
SUMMARY
Terrestrial; internodes short, densely rooted, 3 cm diam., cataphylls 13 cm long, soon persisting as loose, pale fibers; petioles obtusely flattened and medium green, weakly glossy, 43-44 cm long, .8-1.1 cm wide; geniculum 1.2-2 cm long; blades 62-73 cmlong, 17.5-21.4 cm wide, 3.4-3.5 times longer than wide, .6 times longer than petiole, subcoriaceous, dark green and matte-subvelvety above, moderately paler and semiglossy below, eglandular, drying greenish above and below; midrib narrowly rounded and paler above more narrowly so toward apex, narrowly triangular and paler below with acute medial rib and paler below; primary lateral veins 20-25 on both sides, weakly raised, narrowly rounded and concolorous above, weakly raised and dark below, departing angle 72-75°; tertiary veins not visible; collective veins 8-10 mm from the margin, sunken above, raised below, drying yellowish green, originating only from basal veins; upper surface upon magnification moderately glossy, minutely areolate with short pale linear to punctuation cellular inclusions; lower surface glossy at magnification, moderately smooth. INFLORESCENCE reclining on ground; peduncle purple, 73 cm long, 9 mm diam.; spathe medium green, pale outside and inside, reflexed-spreading, 7.2 cm long, 8 mm wide; spadix cylindroid, 13.8 cm long, 1.9 cm diam. at base, 1.8 cm diam. midway, 1.5 cm diam. at 1 cm from tip, drying pale yellowish-green; tepals lateral tepals 1 mm-1.7 mm wide; outer margin 2 sided; INFRUCTESCENCE fruits green, protruding, immature.