Philodendron ornatum Schott

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PLANTAS DE VENEZUELA
Philodendron rubens Schott
Climber on tree trunk to 8 m. Largest leaf seen with petiole 93
x 1.5 cm, subterete & flattened adax., surface asperate esp. up-
ward; blade 71 x 61.5 cm, sinus 18.5 cm deep, midrib adax. flat
abax. high convex-angular but ridge rounded. Inflorescences 3 to-
gether. Peduncle 6 cm long, near apex pale green with numerous
white, raised dashes and lines esp. behind & with a few red spots
on front. Spathe 21 cm long, tube 9.5 x 4.2 cm (x 3 cm in side
view), cherry on overlap, otherwise lime green with paler striate
dashes; limb dirty white with cherry margins & a few cherry dots
toward apex & paler striate-dashed; inside tube deep crimson with
2 cm-long lines in lower part, limb cherry. Spathe 2 cm longer
than spadix. Stipe cherry. Pistillate part of spadix 5.3 x 1.5
cm; sterile staminate part 3.2 x 1.7 cm below, x 1.3 cm above,
fertile 8.2 x 1.5 cm (midpt.). Tolerating very high winds in ex-
posed situation, but leaf blades much split.
Edo. ARAGUA: Parque Nacional Henri Pittieri near Ran-
cho Grande, along the Portachuelo-Paraiso Trail, in
tall cloud forest. Elev. ca. 1200 m.
George S. Bunting 1936
18 March-8 April 1967
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