Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11207 Orchidaceae 
Spathoglottis plicata Bl. subsp. puberula Howcroft 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
vicinity of Haia, along the Wara oo streamcourse (first river E of 
Mt. Widau); colls, centered on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; 
riverine forest at altimeter elev. 2100’ (640 m). 
coll, sequence 11,194-11,213; herb on leaning log; flowering 
cane 165 cm long; leaves coriaceous, plicate, adaxial surface 
dark dull green, abaxially light green; leaf sheaths sulcate, pale 
whitish-green; perianth pale purple. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1 ,207 
date: Sept. 16, 1996 
det.: N.H.S. Howcroft; 2/98 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 208 Araceae 
Cyrtosperma cf. cuspidispathum Alderw. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
vicinity of Haia, main ridge of Mt. Widau; colls, centered on 
coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest with some 
anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter elev. 2425-2550’ (740-777 
m). 
coll, sequence 11,194-11,213; terrestrial herb; leaves inermous, 
papyraceous, concolorously shiny green both surfaces; petiole 
210 cm, pulvinate at the blade, armed throughout, distally green 
otherwise purple-mottled, base alate; peduncle to 150 cm length, 
mottled coloration like the petiole; spathe 55 cm long, fleshy, 
convolute at the base, surfaces deep purple and nonshining; 
spadix sessile, odoriferous, pale green; stigma raised, umbonate. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1 ,208 
date: Sept. 16, 1996 
det.: WT 
