Anthurium

submitted by Marcus Nadruz on 2009-09-17.
Does anyone know the name of this species of Anthurium?
This is not A. watermaliense.
These photos were taken in Colombia.

ID submitted

2009-09-19 Don Bittel,
Michael Pascall Anthurium cabrerense (The True Black Anthurium)
2007-02-09 Alejandro Zuluaga Anthurium caramantae

2009-09-11 Denis Rotolante:
This black spathed anthurium is not an A. watermaliense.
The spathe is too broad and the spadix is curved in a relaxed sort of way.
This is perhaps the famous 'Black Anthurium', a member of the Calomystrium Group with the andraeanum types.
It originates high in the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains in Colombia
and does not do well in sub tropical & tropical sea level environments.
I've heard it referred to as Anthurium rubrum although I have never seen it described as such in an article.
It will hybridize with other Calomystrium types if you can get it
to grow in your greenhouse and flower.

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ID submitted
2009-09-19	Don Bittel, Michael Pascall	Anthurium cabrerense (The True Black Anthurium)
2007-02-09	Alejandro Zuluaga	Anthurium caramantae