Anthurium hookeri


Anthurium hookeri, commonly called a bird's nest anthurium, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Anthurium. Anthurium hookeri possesses some unique features which include, short internodes, dense roots, and lanceolate cataphylls. The leaves have triangular to D-shaped petioles 2–9 cm long, are rosulate, 10–26 cm wide, 35–89 cm long. The leaves exhibit a scalariforme venation and supervolute vernation. Covering the leaves are tiny black glandular punctuates. The berries produced by the plant are white.
Previously categorized in the Anthurium [sect. Pachyneurium|Anthurium sect. Pachyneurium] which has superficially similar species, its colloquial name refers to the upright, nest-like appearance of its foliage. Specimens sold in the houseplant trade are almost always hybrids, not species.