Collection Details

Species: Philodendron megalophyllum

Araceae Philodendron megalophyllum
J. Lingan , B. Chambi 786


Collection Date: 22 April 2006
Determined By: J. Lingan
Determination Date: 22 April 2006
Institution: BRIT

Locality

Continent: South America

Country: Peru

Region: Madre de Díos

Subregion: Manu Province

Locality Description: Cerro Pantiacolla, Quebrada arriba desde el Campamento

DD Latitude: -12.65

DD Longitude: -71.27

Habitat

Habitat Description: Bosque de Galeria

Habitat: Aerial

Botanical Data

Plant Notes: Epiphyte, internodes up to 3.5 cm long, cataphylls caducous, terete petiols, midvein and primary lateral veins slightly sunken adaxially, conspicuously raisen abaxially. Blades darker adaxially. Incolorous sap. 2 inflorescences per axil. Spathe green outside, red inside the tube and green inside the blade. Female portion of the spadix greenish, male portion whitish. J. Lingan photographs: 200 - 0061.

Habit: Herb , Epiphyte

Other Data

Research Site: Pantiacolla Mountain

Project: Pantiacolla Botany