Anthurium wendlingeri

Pendent epiphyte; stems ca. 20 cm long; the internodes 1.5-2 cm long, except near apex; roots moderately thick; cataphylls moderately thick, 5.5-15 cm long, acuminate at apex, drying brown, weathering into coarse persistent, longitudinal fibers. LEAVES spreading-pendent; petioles terete, (5)8-30 cm long, 2-4 mm diam.; geniculum 1-1.5 cm long; blades oblong, moderately thick, 32-80 cm long, 3-11 cm wide, acuminate at a apex, round to truncate at base; upper surface weakly velvety, obscurely and sparsely glandular-punctate, lower surface semiglossy, sparsely glandular-punctate; midrib convexly raised at base above, more acute toward apex, diminishing and flat at apex, raised at base below, flat from ca. midway to apex; primary lateral veins 11-24 per side, departing midrib at 30°-40° angle, raised and nearly obscure above, flat below; lesser veins obscure; collective vein arising from the lowermost primary lateral vein, weakly sunken above, flat to weakly raised below, 5-9 mm from margin. INFLORESCENCE spreading to pendent, usually shorter than leaves; peduncle 13-42 cm long, 3-7 mm diam.; spathe moderately thin, pale green tinged purplish, ± oblong, 7-11 cm long, 8-13 mm wide, gradually acuminate at apex, inserted at ca. 45° angle on peduncle, withering and curling horizontally or deciduous; spadix pale green to white or grayish-white, straight when young, becoming spiralled in age, 12-80 cm long, 3-5 mm diam. at base, narrowly-tapered to apex; flowers ± 4-lobed, 3-3.1 mm long, 2.4-2.6 mm wide, the sides smoothly sigmoid; 4-5 flowers visible in the principal spiral, ca. 10 flowers visible in the alternate spiral; tepals matte, weakly punctate, minutely papillate, the lateral tepals 1.6-1.7 mm wide, the inner margin broadly rounded; pistils weakly emergent, pale green, glossy; stigmas linear, 0.3 mm long; lateral stamens emerging scattered throughout length of spadix, alternate stamens soon following with no apparent pattern; anthers cream, held at edge of tepals against sides of pistil, ca. 0.7 mm long, ca. 0.6 mm wide; thecae ellipsoid, not divaricate; pollen creamy-white. INFRUCTESCENCE pendent; berries reddish, ± oblong or globose, ca. 5 mm long, flattened at apex with a central depression.

Anthurium wendlingeri is a species of aroid plant, in the genus Anthurium, found from Central to South America, from SE Nicaragua to NW Colombia. It grows in moist, montane tropical habitats as an epiphyte. Unique among its genus, A. wendlingeri has long, pendant and strap-like leaves, and can have a slightly velvety appearance.

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Tropical wet forest and premontane rain forest.

Panamanian plants considered A. wendlingeri range from Veraguas in the west to Cocle, Panama, and Colón Provinces on the Atlantic slope and along the Continental Divide. Also found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela.