Philodendron niqueanum

Hemipiphytic; stem scandent when young, appressed-climbing when adult; internodes short, to 5 cm diam., (younger stems with internodes to 8 cm long, 1.5 cm diam., epidermis moderately smooth, dark reddish brown; cataphylls unribbed to weakly 1-ribbed, red, persisting more or less intact. LEAVES: Petioles (32)46--59 cm long, 6--8 mm diam., terete; blades ovate to broadly ovate, acuminate at apex, truncate to subcordate at base, (28)42--55.5 cm long, (14)25--28.5 cm wide (1.7--2 times longer than wide), (ca. 0.9 times the petiole length), about equal in length to petiole, upper surface weakly glossy, drying dark brown, lower surface paler, drying dark yellowish brown; anterior lobe (27)37--49.5 cm long, 25--28.5 cm wide (4.7--5.4(13.5) times longer than posterior lobes); posterior lobes (2)7--9 cm long, 9--12 cm wide, broadly rounded to obtuse; sinus more or less V-shaped, to 4 cm deep; midrib prominently raised, paler than surface above, raised below; basal veins 3 per side, with 0 free to base, some of the lowermost coalesced to ca. 1 cm; posterior rib never naked; primary lateral veins 5--9 per side, departing midrib at a 45--65(70º) angle, weakly arcuate to the margins, sunken above, raised below; minor veins obscurely visible, slightly raised on drying below, arising from the midrib only. INFLORESCENCES immature; peduncle 4 cm long; spathe green, 7 cm long; spadix immature.

Tropical Lower Montane wet forest.