Anthurium wendlingeri

Anthurium wendlingeri is a species of aroid plant, in the genus Anthurium, found from Central to South America, from SE Nicaragua to NW Colombia.[1] It grows in moist, montane tropical habitats as an epiphyte. Unique among its genus, A. wendlingeri has long, pendant and strap-like leaves (which grow up to 7 feet (2.1 m) long), and can have a slightly velvety appearance.[2]

Anthurium wendlingeri
A. wendlingeri, Berlin Botanical Garden; note the pollinated inflorescence developing into berries (seed pods).
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Anthurium
Species:
A. wendlingeri
Binomial name
Anthurium wendlingeri
G.M.Barroso

A member of the section Porphyrochitonium,[3] colloquially called "strap-leaved" Anthuriums, A. wendlingeri is visually similar to A. vittariifolium or A. pendens, albeit with more spiraling, corkscrew-like spadix.[4] Like many Anthurium, the species is somewhat variable and has some local variety within its range; the varietal horichii, described by Croat, is found in Costa Rica.[5] The more common subspecies is A. w. wendlingeri, found across the majority of the species' range.[6]

References
  1. "Anthurium wendlingeri". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. Offolter, Enid (2022-05-31). Welcome to the Jungle: Rare Tropical Houseplants to Collect, Grow, and Love. Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-9848-5995-2.
  3. Deni Bown (2000), Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family, Timber Press, p. 208, ISBN 978-0-88192-485-5
  4. Croat, Thomas B. (1983). "A Revision of the Genus Anthurium (Araceae) of Mexico and Central America. Part I: Mexico and Middle America". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 70 (2): 211–416. doi:10.2307/2399049. ISSN 0026-6493. JSTOR 2399049.
  5. "Anthurium wendlingeri var. horichii". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  6. "Anthurium wendlingeri subsp. wendlingeri". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.


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