Anthurium obtusum (Engl.) Grayum

Climbing epiphyte; internodes less than 1 cm long, to 5 mm wide, brownish gray upon drying; cataphylls to 2 cm long, drying brown, persisting as a fine reticulum of fibers, especially on upper nodes; petioles D-shaped, broadly and sharply sulcate adaxially, 5-10 mm long (averaging 8 mm), 1-2 mm diam., sulcate; geniculum 3-5 mm long; blades ovate-elliptic, apiculate at apex, acute to rounded at base, 3-7 cm long, 1.5-4 cm wide (averaging 5.9 x  3.1 cm), 1.8-2.3 times longer than broad, 2.8-3.5 times longer than the petioles, broadest at or near the center, subcoriaceous; upper surface semiglossy to matte, lower surface matte, both surfaces dark glandular-punctate; midrib acutely raised above, narrowly rounded below; primary lateral veins many and scarcely more prominent than interprimary veins; collective veins arising from base, 2-3 mm from margin; INFLORESCENCES erect-spreading, shorter than the leaves; peduncle 1-2 cm long, 1-2 mm diam.; spathe erect, lanceolate, brown on drying, to ca. 2 cm long, 1 cm wide; spadix greenish white to pinkish, 1.5-2.5 cm long, tapered from 4 mm diam. at base to 2 mm diam. at apex. INFRUCTESCENCES 4-7 cm long, 1-1.5 cm diam.; berries white or sometimes pale lavender, globose, 5-7 mm diam.; seeds 4-10 per berry, oblong.