Anthurium narinoense Croat

Description based on dried material only. Epiphytic; stem and cataphylls unknown. LEAVES erect-spreading; petioles ca. 12 cm long, 7 mm diam., D-shaped, slightly convex adaxially, apparently rounded abaxially; geniculum 1.5 cm long; blades subcoriaceous, oblong-oblanceolate, acuminate at apex, long-attenuate at base, 93 cm long, 16 cm wide, broadest above middle, yellowish, the margins flat; midrib convexly raised above, prominently convexly raised below; primary lateral veins ca. 30 per side, departing midrib at 60-70° angle, slightly arcuate to the collective vein, slightly raised above and below; interprimary veins numerous, almost as conspicuous as primary lateral veins; tertiary veins scarcely raised above and below, more prominent below; collective vein arising from near the base, nearly as conspicuous as primary lateral veins, 5- 9 mm from margin. INFLORESCENCES erect-spreading; peduncle 40 cm long, ca. 5 mm diam., ca. 4 x as long as petioles, terete; spathe reflexed, subcoriaceous, green, oblong-lanceolate, at least 11 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, broadest near base, inserted at 45° angle on peduncle, apex not seen, the base acute; spadix dark reddish, slightly tapered, ± straight, 17 cm long, 4 mm diam. near base, 3 mm diam. near apex; flowers rhombic, 2.4-2.8 mm long, 1.6-2 mm wide, the sides smoothly sigmoid; 7-8 flowers visible in principal spiral, 5-6 in alternate spiral; tepals ± smooth; lateral tepals ca. 1 mm wide, the inner margins straight, the outer margins 2-4-sided; anthers 0.2 mm long, 0.3 mm wide; thecae slightly divaricate. INFRUCTESCENCE not seen.