Anthurium humboldtianum Schott

  • Filed As

    Araceae
    Anthurium humboldtianum Schott

  • Collector(s)

    G. S. Bunting 1909, 15 Mar 1967

  • Location

    Venezuela. Distrito Capital. Cerro Avila (above Caracas), along trail between Los Venados, Quebrada Gamboa Arriba and Refugio El Peonío, beside bridge at Quebrada Gamboa Arriba.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3776757

    Occurrence ID: 5dd5e8d5-e75c-4106-ac75-5a0ba1185c3f

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  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Venezuela

  • State/Province

    Distrito Capital

  • Locality

    Cerro Avila (above Caracas), along trail between Los Venados, Quebrada Gamboa Arriba and Refugio El Peonío, beside bridge at Quebrada Gamboa Arriba

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1500 m. (4921 ft.)

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Anthurium humboldtianum Kunth
Epiphyte on tree trunk 5 m above ground. Stem stout, in-
ternodes abbreviated. Cataphyll rose abax. Petiole 9 mm
deep and 8 mm wide, adax. flattened-concave and 5 mm
wide, otherwide rounded, green with red-purple, fine
mottling; geniculum 3.5 cm long. Blade subcoriaceous,
glossy on both faces, adax. midrib convex, basal nerves
concave; abax. midrib & principal veins cream-colored,
midrib strong convex-angular. Peduncle adax. 1-ridged,
decidedly angular, green. Spathe green, 15.5 x 4 cm,
glossy. Spadix sessile, red-burgundy, 23.2 x 1 cm before
anthesis, narrowed upward. In age, spathe to 27.5 x 4
cm. Spadix to 18.5 cm (tip lost) x 2.1 cm. Maturing pis-
tils with apices exserted 2 mm, purple, quadrangular
with obtuse apices, tepals light brown.
DISTRITO FEDERAL: Cerro Avila (above Caracas), along
trail between Los Venados, Quebrada Gamboa Arriba and
Refugio El Peonio, beside bridge at Quebrada Gamboa
Arriba, in cloud forest. Elev. ca. 1500 m.
George S. Bunting 1909
15 March 1967
03776757