Anthurium ochranthum K.Koch

Terrestrial, rarely more than 1.5 m tall: stem lo 45 cm long, 2-4 cm diam.; cataphylls 11.5-13 cm long, drying brown, weathering to coarse linear fibers. LEAVES erect-spreading; petioles terete or obscurely sulcate, 30-70(90) cm long, 5-8 mm diam., blades ovate-triangular, moderately thin, 39-75 cm long, 18-48 cm wide, acuminate at apex, deeply lobed at base; the anterior lobe 23-52 cm long; posterior lobes 11-22 cm from sinus lo outermost point; sinus narrowly triangular; the upper surface matte to semiglossy, the lower surface matte; the midrib raised above and below; primary lateral veins 4-6, raised in valleys above, raised below; collective vein arising from the uppermost basal vein. INFLORESCENCE erect, usually shorter than or sometimes longer than leaves; peduncles 24-63 cm long; spathe, green or pale green sometimes tinged with red-violet, lanceolate, 10-15(32) cm long, 3-5 cm wide; spadix green turning bright yellow, 7-22 cm long, 5-8 mm diam. at base, 4-6 mm diam. at apex; flowers 4-lobed, ca. 2.6 mm long (dry), ca. 2.3 mm wide (dry), the sides jaggedly sigmoid; ca. 6 flowers visible in the principal spiral, ca. 9 flowers visible in the alternate spiral; tepals glossy, lateral tepals 1.7-2 mm wide, the inner margin convex; pistil weakly emergent, green; stigma brushlike; stamens emerging scattered throughout length of spadix, usually the lateral stamens first, the alternates quickly following; anthers held over pistil; thecae yellow-orange; pollen orange. INFRUCTESCENCE with spadix 11-24 cm long; berries violet-purple at apex, white at base, obovoid, 7-9 mm long.