Pearl laceleaf

Anthurium scandens is a small epiphytic herb in the arum family (Araceae), commonly known as pearl laceleaf for its translucent white to pale lavender berries. The plant has a slender, climbing or pendent stem rooting at the nodes, bearing alternate, leathery leaves arranged in two ranks. The leaf blades are elliptic to lanceolate, 5-15 cm long, dark green and somewhat glossy, with a distinct sheathed petiole. The inflorescence is a typical aroid spadix, slender and pale green to greenish-yellow, subtended by a small green to whitish lance-shaped spathe. Tiny perfect flowers cover the spadix and mature into clustered, semi-translucent berries 6-8 mm across that resemble small pearls, ranging from white to violet. Native to the Neotropics from southern Mexico through Central America to Bolivia and the West Indies, it grows on tree trunks and branches in humid lowland to montane rainforests.