Product information "Anthurium timplowmanii"
| Name: | Anthurium timplowmanii, Croat 2008 |
| Synonyms: | not known |
| Etymology: | Timothy Charles Plowman (* 17 November 1944 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; † 7 January 1989) was an American botanist. His special field of interest was the ethnobotany of South American plants. |
| Propagation: | seed |
| Origin: | Peru |
| Habitat: | Anthurium timplowmanii is endemic to Peru, known only from the type locality in the Department of Huanuco, Province of Leoncio Prado, in Premontane wet forest (P-wf), at 650 to 900 m elevation. |
| Notes: | Anthurium timplowmanii belongs to the small anthuriums, the leaf size of a fully grown plant is given as about 30cm long. With the beautiful parallel-veined stripes on the leaves, this species is very reminiscent of a mini form of Anthurium veitchii, except that the leaves of Anthurium plowmanii are very hard and highly glossy, and clearly darker green. |
