A newly described species, Anthurium decipiens A. Hay & M. Cedeño form the section Belolonchium, previously very often confused with Anthurium salgarense which is a separate species.
It is a massive pachycaul terrestrial or lithophytic herb, growing to about 3 m tall.The petioles are terete, bright deep intense blood red when emerging anddeveloping a lichen-like pattern of dirty green mottled with dark grey blotches afterleaf maturity. Leaf blades are ovate-sagittate, conspicuously lobed, up to ca. 160–180 cm long, adaxially very dark green and glossy, abaxially mid green and less glossy, quilted between the major venation, thinly coriaceous/chartaceous with a distinct crinkly plastic sound when bent; major veins raised and slightly ridged adaxially, very prominent and sharply acutely ridged throughout abaxially, red in younger but fully expanded leaves, becoming yellowish with age.
The genus name Anthurium is derived form Greek ánthos "flower" + ourá "tail" + New Latin -ium -ium . A very literal translation of this would be 'flowering tail'.
Anthurium decipens
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