A newly described species, Anthurium decipiens A. Hay & M. Cedeño from 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 and
developing  a  lichen-like  pattern  of dirtygreen mottled with dark grey blotches after
leaf   maturity. Leaf blades are ovato-sagittate, conspicuosly lobed, up to ca. 160–180 cm long, adaxially very dark green and glossy, abaxially mid green and less glossy, quilted hbetween 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 from Greek ánthos "flower" + ourá "tail" + New Latin -ium -ium . A very literal translation of this would be 'flowering tail'.