Accession Data
Anthurium pseudospectabile
Family: Araceae
Country of Origin: western Panama: Cerro Hornito 1200m
Description: Large, epiphytic pendant herb; stem, slender; leaves, long and narrow, up to 2 meters plus long and up to 50 cm wide, with numerous veins and wavy margins, inflorescence, pendant with peduncle slightly longer than the petiole, spadix green to yellowish green, spathe green on upper surface and purple below. The berries of this species are bright orange. The petiole of this species is terete (round in cross section) and is a distinguishing character in separating it from the closely related Anthurium spectabile Schott, which has a quadrangular petiole and occurs to the north in Costa Rica.3
Accession Data
Accession #: 201800078
Accession Date: 2018-09-20 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 4106
Quantity: 1
Source: Dylan Hannon HBG 91096
Provenance:
COLL: Panama; Cerro Hornito (Cont. Divide), 3 km W along dirt road originating 50 m S of Bocas del Toro/Chiriqui border on road to Chiriqui Grande, 1200 m, wet cloud forest on the continental divide, epiphytic on tree.
COLL: Don Hodel S.N., 25 APR 1993 From HBG: Rcvd from Don Hodel, UCLA Cooperative Extension, 18 JUN 2004
Culture: Although A. pseudospectabile grows at some 3500-4500 feet elevation, being in section Pachyneurium it fares much better in cultivation at low altitudes than most other anthuriums from similar altitudes. Make sure its in a hanging basket and has room to grow down. 3
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
SubFamily: Pothoideae
Tribe: Anthurieae
Flowering Data:
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References
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Sunday, September 23, 2018.
- WCSP (2017). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Sunday, September 23, 2018.
- Anthurium pseudospectabile at the Anthurium Primer. Last accessed on Sunday, September 23, 2018.
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