Anthurium balaoanum

Surname: Anthurium balaoanum, Engler 1898
Synonyms:
Syn: Anthurium latifolium Sodiroi
Anthurium bulaoanum Engl.,1898, nom. invalid.
is often offered as Anthurium guildingii
is often confused with Anthurium dolichostachyum
etymology: balaoanum = Balao, small town in Ecuador, south of Guayaquil in the estuary of the Rio Guayas
Reproduction: Division
Origin: Colombia, Ecuador
Location: hemiepiphytic on trees in tropical warm rainforest from sea level to 2000 m altitude.
Remarks: There are reports of this species that the leaves (on the same plant) are very variable in detail. This means that the third leaf can look different from the second, and when the fourth leaf grows, this is different again. (Ratio length:width, texture from soft to leathery)