A very easy to care for, beautiful, less known velvet-leaf Anthurium villenaorum (ined.) is tentatively considered and aberrant section Cardiolonchium, Multinervium or Pachyneurium species with the involute vernation typical of the latter two sections, it can be subvelvety to velvety depending on culture with petioles sharply triangular in cross-section.
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'.
Anthurium villenaorum
Name: Anthurium villenaorum (ined.)
Type: herbaceous evergreen
Form: Chamaephyte
Family: Araceae
Native Range: Peru
Zone: 10-11
Habitat: low elevations, apparently epiphytic, localized central Peruvian endemic from the San Martin Region.
Height: 120-180 cm
Spread: 100-150 cm
Sun: Part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Leaf: Evergreen
Tolerate: Semi ShadeTaxon identifiers: not yet described
Synonyms: no synonyms recorded