Anthurium hookeri

Native from Saint Lucia and nearby Caribbean islands into northern South America, this evergreen perennial grows on trees in wet tropical habitats. Its broad leaves form a large rosette, giving it the bird’s-nest growth form. Tiny black glandular dots occur on the leaf undersides, and finer veins form a ladder-like pattern between the larger veins. Small flowers cover an elongated spadix beside a narrow spathe. The berries ripen white, a distinctive feature of this species. Photographed in Colombia.