Anthurium marmoratum
A velvet-leaved anthurium in section Cardiolonchium, related to A. crystallinum and A. regale, from wet foothill forest on the Pacific slope of Ecuador and western Colombia. Herbarium records cluster around 950–1100 m, for example at Mashpi in Pichincha, so it is a warm-to-intermediate plant of shaded, very humid forest. Grow it like other velvet anthuriums: low light, steady warmth, high humidity and an airy, always-damp mix.
Where it grows wild
Understorey of wet premontane forest on the western Andean foothills, in the Chocó-influenced belt of north-western Ecuador. Herbarium labels mostly give no habitat, but one describes the plant growing terrestrially. Like its relatives, it probably grows on the forest floor and low on trunks and banks, where litter collects.
Herbarium specimens range from about 500 to 1500 m, and most were collected at 950–1100 m.
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