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]