Plant ID ?

[duanes]

One of the local Panamanian guys pulled this out of a local Taboga stream in the forest, and brought it over.
Its at least a foot tall, very glossy 6" large ovate leaves. Could be native, but also feral (plenty of non-native plants here).

 

[tlindsey]

One of the local Panamanian guys pulled this out of a local Taboga stream in the forest, and brought it over.
Its at least a foot tall, very glossy 6" large ovate leaves. Could be native, but also feral (plenty of non-native plants here).
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Not positive but looks like Anubias Hastifolia.

 

[duanes]

I wondered if it might be an Anubis. I'll try to get a pic of the rhizome once it gets light.

 

[duanes]

 

[kno4te]

Reminds me of elephant ear plants. Not sure about the brown rhizome. Looks nice. Was it ?completely submerged?

 

[FJB]

Beautiful plant.
I don't know for sure, but it is an elephant ear type plant (Araceae), of which there are many local species in Panama, Colombia and the whole Neotropical region. The brown coloration on the rhizome does not argue against that.
I don't think it is an Anubias., which is from the Old World.
Although it could of course be an introduced plant, it makes more sense to think of a local Araceae. If so, and although capable of surviving in full submersion, it should not be a fully aquatic plant. Just my thoughts.

 

[duanes]

I doubt it was totally submerged, when he brings plants, he just says "aquatica" if he pulls them from a stream, and most streams here on the island are less than a foot deep.


I agree Anubis's are African, so the only way it would be here is if it were an escaped feral, not naturally.
When I collected plants in Lake Gatun tho, most turned out to be feral old world plants like Ipomomea or Hydrilla that create dense matts in the shallows.

 

[Traveller]

To me, looks like standard Anubias barteri that has grown partially emerged (leaf shape) and rhizome suffering from some rot.