Philodendron sparreorum Croat

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Esmeraldas

• County/Municipio

  San Lorenzo (Canton)

• Locality

  Along road between San Lorenzo and Mataje (departing main Lita-San Lorenzo Hwy., 11.6 km N of Gasolinera San Lorenzo); 1.4 km W of main Lita-San Lorenzo Road

• Elevation

  Alt. 63 m. (207 ft.)

• Coordinates

  1.245, -78.7572

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of Ecuador
Araceae
Philodendron sparreorum Croat
Ecuador. Esmeraldas. Along road between San Lorenzo
and Mataje (departing main Lita-San Lorenzo Hwy., 11.6
Km N of Gasolinera San Lorenzo); 1.4 Km W of main
Lita-San Lorenzo Road.
1°14'42"N, 78°45,26',W. Elev. 63 m.
Hemiepiphyte; intemodes 3.5-4.5 cm diam., gray-brown;
cataphylls pale green, sharply 2-ribbed, deciduous; petioles
obtusely flattened adaxially, medium yellow-green, weakly
glossy, obtusely angular and purplish near tip; blades
subcoriaceous, semiglossy, moderately bicolorous; major
veins sunken and paler above; midrib narrowly rounded and
tinged purplish below; primary lateral veins thickly convex
and weakly tinged purplish below; minor veins visible but
not distinct; inflorescences 3 per aixl; spathe medium green
on tube outside, pale green and glossier within, the blade
slightly paler, yellow-green outside, whitish inside, the entire
spathe turning orange, finally brownish red.
Thomas B. Croat et al. 84038
15 Jul 2000
04148136