Anthurium restrepoae Croat

Epiphyte; internodes short, ca. 1 cm diam.; cataphylls 3 cm long, narrowly long-tapered, soon persisting as closely parallel pale fibers with fragments of epidermis; petioles 5.5-7.5 cm long (averaging 6.5 cm), subterete, obtusely sulcate adaxially, drying matte; geniculum 1 cm long, drying slightly shrunken and blackened; blades ovate-elliptic, shortly acuminate at apex, inequilateral, rounded to weakly subcordate at base, 11.5-15 cm long, 6.1-7.2 cm wide (averaging 13 x 6.6 cm), 1.9-2.1 times longer than broad, 2 times longer than the petioles, moderately coriaceous, densely and minutely papillate and with conspicuous warty raised areas and many fine granulations, eglandular above, densely and minutely dark glandular-punctate below; midrib narrowly rounded above, becoming acute toward the apex; primary lateral veins 5-7 pairs, arising at an acute angle then spreading at 60-70° angle, primary lateral veins scarcely distinquishable from the interprimary veins; collective veins 1-2 per side, arising at the base, the inner pair 6-10 mm from the margins, loop-connecting primary lateral veins, scarcely more prominent than the interprimary lateral veins and minor veins; all veins weakly raised upon drying. INFLORESCENCES erect; held well above the leaves; peduncle 22 cm long, 2 mm diam., drying yellow-brown, weakly glossy; spathe not seen; spadix sessile, strongly pinkish, narrowly long-tapered, 12.5 cm long, drying 2 mm diam. at base, 3 mm diam. midway, 1 mm diam. at 1 cm from apex. Flowers 2-3 visible per spiral, 2.8-3 mm long, 1.4-1.5 mm wide; lateral tepals 1.9-2.1 mm wide, outer margin obtusely 2-sided, inner margin broadly rounded; stamens held at apex of tepals, persisting on all 4 sides of the pistil but not contiguous; stamens .4 mm long, .6-.8 mm wide; thecae ovoid, broadly rounded, markedly divaricate. INFRUCTESCENCES with berries white, the old stigmas pink.