C. DC., J. Bot. 4:137.1866 Glabrous, pendent, epiphytic herb, to ca 75 cm long; stems and leaves thick and succulent; internodes 2-6 cm long. Leaves peltate within ca 1 cm of the margin; petioles stout, l-5 cm long; blades broadly ovate to round-ovate, acute to acuminate at apex, rounded at base, 3-11 cm long, 2.5-8.5 cm wide, drying thin but firm, palmately veined, the veins obscure. Spikes 12-19 cm long, on short, bracteate, leaf-opposed branches; peduncles 1-2.5 cm long, the subtending bract lanceolate; floral bracts round. Fruits subglobose, ca 1 mm diam, only slightly exserted; stigma central on an oblique, bluntly tongue-shaped style. Croat 7770, 8386. Commonly associated with Trigona bee nests, often on tree stumps in the lake.