Anthurium rodvasquezii Croat

Terrestrial to 30 cm.; internodes green 2-6 cm long, 0.7 cm diam; cataphylls 3-4 cm long, persisting intact, drying reddish brown. LEAVES 36.7 cm long with petioles subterete, 13-19 cm long, 2-3 mm diam., geniculum 1.5 cm long, reddish, drying darker than petiole, finely furrowed; blades ovate-elliptic, 17-23 cm long, 5-8 cm wide, 2.5-3.2 times longer than broad, 1-1.4 times longer than petiole; abruptly acuminate at apex with 0.8 cm apiculum, cuneate at the base; midrib fine, acutely rounded, concolorous above, narrow, flattened drying reddish below; primary lateral veins 10-11, very fine, acute, concolorous above, slightly raised, acutely rounded, concolorous, arising from the midrib at 70°-80° angle, curving upward near the margin; collective veins arising at the base and loop connecting the primary lateral veins, 3-4 mm from the margin; upper surface minutely granular, epunctate drying dark brown; lower surface minutely granular, epunctate, drying medium brown. INFLORESCENCES 20 cm long with peduncle 12-18 cm long, 2 mm diam., reddish, drying dark brown, stipe 0.5-0.8 cm long, 3 mm diam, spathe reflexed, green or yellow, 3.2-4.7 cm long, 0.5-1.6 cm wide, spadix yellow, 3.2-5.2 cm long, 0.4-0.7 cm diam., 3-4 flowers per spiral, 3 mm long, 2.5 cm wide, lateral tepals 1.8 mm wide, inner margin broadly rounded, outer margin 2-sided. INFRUCTESCENCES to 5 cm long, 0.8 cm diam.; berries 3 mm diam., round, drying yellowish.