Anthurium humboldtianum Schott

  • Filed As

    Araceae
    Anthurium humboldtianum Schott

  • Collector(s)

    G. S. Bunting 1900, 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: 3776765

    Occurrence ID: f73b09ef-6214-4523-99f7-51dab17aaaf6

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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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PLANTAS DE VENEZUELA
Anthurium humboldtianum Kunth
Epiphyte on tree trunk, 6 m above ground. Stem x 3.5 cm, internodes
1-1.5 cm long, clean & bare. Petiole 84 cm long, subterete though
laterally compressed & narrowly sulcate adax. and on one sided),
mottled finely with red-maroon that fades green in age; geniculum
near-terete, 4-5 x 1.6-3 cm. Blade reflexed on pet., not thick,
somewhat brittle, glossy adax., rugose, midrib narrow-convex, basal
ribs nude 5 cm in sinus; abax. glossy silvery-green, nerves tinted
rose; 81 x 56 cm. Peduncle terete, more slender than pet., mottled
reddish. Spathe spreading, green, abax. glossy with rib red-purple,
29 x 4.3-4.8 cm. Spadix lilac-brownish, 30 x 2.3 cm; pistils slight-
ly exserted, obtuse-subtruncate, greenish.
DISTRITO FEDERAL: Cerro Avila (above Caracas), along
the trail between Los Venados, Quebrada Gamboa Arriba
and Refugio El Peonio, in cloud forest. Elev. approx.
1500 m.
George S. Bunting 1900
15 March 1967
03776765