Anthurium besseae cf.

Surname: Anthurium besseae cf., Croat 2005
Synonyms: not known
etymology: Elizabeth (Libby) Locker-Besse
besseae = The species is named in honor of Libby BESSE, a longtime benefactor, board member, and volunteer of the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida, who sponsored many expeditions to Latin America, particularly Ecuador, and collected the living plant from which the type specimens were prepared.
Reproduction: Division
Origin: Bolivia
Location: Anthurium besseae grows terrestrially and is endemic to the type locality in the Department of Cochabamba, Province of Chapare, at 240 m.
Remarks: The new leaves are very light and pale, but darken as they grow. The changing color spectrum during growth is very beautiful; in the young stage they are pink-red, brown-blue and later dark green to almost black. The beautifully structured upper side of the leaves resembles the facets of a cut diamond. Each facet reflects the light in a high-contrast way, so that the leaves always produce a different light effect depending on the incidence of light.