Anthurium hookeri

Kunth 1841

This species belongs to the section Pachyneurium. Many of them are epiphytes.
They are commonly named "bird's nests" because of their leaves formed in a rosette.

photo (1-2) © Taylor Holzer

Leaves of an adult plant are 50-90 cm long. The inflorescences in this section often have dark spadixes. photos (1-3) © Bartosz T. Zalewski

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