It was a surprise in 2009, when a cordata-like plant was found near Rompin, Pahang, peninsula Malaysia with the spathe of a nurii. As usual, the plant must be cultivated to obtain fresh material for further investigation. It turned out that the pollen has a reduced fertility and one might think to deal with a hybrid between these two species.

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Habitat of C. species 'MRO-01' in Rompin. coll. MRO-01, photo Nakamoto	idem	idem	An uprooted plant. coll. MRO-01, photo Nakamoto

Lower side of the leaves red-brownish. coll. MRO-01, photo Nakamoto	A manual opened spathe. coll. MRO-01, photo Nakamoto	An immature? fruit (syncarpium). coll. MRO-01, photo Nakamoto	A herbarized plant coll. MRO-01

A typical nurii bud coll. MRO-01, cult B1285	Note the brown, smooth to bullate leaves. coll. MRO-01, cult B1285	The limb varies in colour from orange to ... coll. MRO-01, cult B1285	...red. coll. MRO-01, cult B1285

A longitudinal section of the spathe. coll. MRO-01, cult B1285	The opened kettle with the spadix with male (top) and female flowers (at the base). coll. MRO-01, cult B1285	Note the brown olfactory bodies just above the circle of female flowers.Note the long styles. coll. MRO-01, cult B1285	As you see, the base colour is yellow with smaller or larger red dots on it. coll. MRO-01, cult B1285

Updated February 2016

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