SAMN13968484

Schefflera papuana Ridl.: Lower montane forest; [plants] epiphytic or sub-terrestrial [one from a branch of a recently fallen, bryophyte-covered 25-m tree, one from the mossy base of an adjacent small tree]; alt 1600 m; climbing stem vertical, free part of the stem suberect; petioles horizontal, dark red-brown, slightly glossy; pulvinus of the older leaves holding the lamina at c. 40 degrees above the vertical thus; mature lamina leathery, adaxially dark green and glossy, some with a slight bluish sheen, abaxially pale grey-green with a silky shine, young leaves [sic] abaxially ripe plum-coloured except for olive-green main veins; flower-buds speckled wine-red and green, stamens pale pink or white