Documented in 1979 in Ecuador by Dr. Thomas Croat of the Missouri Botanical Gardens, Anthurium pseudoclavigerum is relatively new to the plant trade. It was only formally described to science in 2021, in Aroideana, the official publication of the International Aroid Society. Because is is so new, and has not yet been documented in the Catalog of Life (which is what this site uses to 'authenticate' the existence of plants) it is not currently included in the Plant Database here.
This plant is a climbing epiphyte, occurring in disturbed primary forest at roughly 1500 ft elevation in warm, shady, high humidity conditions. It is a palmate anthurium from the section Dactylophyllum. (Dactyl=fingers). Juvenile plants like the one pictured here present with tripartite leaves. Much the same as its relative, Anthurium clavigerum (pictured in the last photo) does. And as the plant matures and climbs, it develops even more leaf blades, just like clavigerum. Mature plants will have 6 or maybe more. This plant also sports a winged petiole.
It differs from its section mate Clavigerum by having pleated leaves with straight margins, as opposed to non-textured leaves with undulate margins.
The petioles of emergent leaves as well as the leaves themselves are a beautiful shade of deep claret, eventually hardening off to green.
A plus to any collection. But requires a stout support.
