Anthurium forgetii

Stem short, erect, freely rooting, the whole of the plant seen, excluding the peduncle and spadix, being about 15 inches [38.1 cm] high. LEAVES closely placed, glabrous; petiole erect, 6 - 10 inches [15.24 - 25.4 cm] long, including the geniculus, which is 5 - 6 lines [1.125 - 1.35 cm] long, quite terete, without a groove down the face, sheathing at the base, green; blade drooping, 10 - 14 inches [25.4 - 35.56 cm] long, 6 - 9 inches [15.24 - 22.86 cm] broad; peltate, elliptic-ovate, shortly acuminate, quite entire and broadly rounded at the base, or ? faintly emarginate, not in the least cordate or notched, of a rich and pleasing deep green, overspread with a velvety sheen, with very pale green nerves and primary veins, which often have a frosted-white border; underside pale green, sometimes with a faint purplish hue, primary nerves (including the midrib) 6-7, all radiating from the insertion of the petiole, prominent on the upper side, very slightly so beneath, when there are 6, one is directed straight back in a line with the midrib, forking about an inch [2.54cm] from the margin of the leaf into two branches (when there are 7 this backwardly directed nerve is divided to the base into two) which sweep in bold curves out to the margins below the middle of the leaf; the lower pair are first directed backwards in a widely-spreading manner, then curve forward out to the margin, and become excurrent near the apex of the leaf; the inner pair are widely ascending spreading at the base, then curve, and form a slightly looped nerve about 3/4 - 1 distant from the margin at the lower half, and becoming excurrent at the apex; the midrib gives out 3 or 4 primary veins on each side, which unite and form loops with the inner pair of nerves. INFLORESCENCE: Peduncle rising to about twice the height of the leaves, 11/2 - 2 feet [45.72 - 60.96] long, terete, glabrous, green. Spathe 4 - 6 inches [10.16 - 15.24 cm] long, 1/2 - 2.3 inch [1.27 - 1.68 cm] broad, broadly linear or strap-shaped, acuminate, amplexicaul or shortly decurrent at the base, spreading, glabrous, green. Spadix about 6 inches [15.24 cm] long, 1/4 inch [0.64 cm] thick at the base, terete, gradually tapering to the obtuse apex, ochreous yellow, with a wax-like shining surface. Flowers 4-angled, about 1 line [2.25 mm] in diameter. Ovary green at the top, two-celled; stigma sessile very small.

Anthurium forgetii is a species of plant in the genus Anthurium native to Colombia. Kept in cultivation for its round leaves that lack a sinus and have silver veining, it is thought to be epiphytic.

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