Location:

Venezuela. Táchira. Below páramo de Tamá. Alt. 2980 - 2500 m. (9777 - 8202 ft.)

Collector(s):

J. L. Luteyn 5986 with M. Lebrón-Luteyn & L. Ruíz-Terán, 20 Oct 1978

Description:

epiphytic shrub with branches 2-3 m long. leaves dark green above, nitid; floral bracts greenish but heavily suffused with rose-red; calyx green.

Habitat:

forested slopes, montane cloud forest.

Other:

Collection Notes: calyx lobes tinged with pink; corolla deep rose-red lower 3/4, pure white upper 1/4; fruits green turning dark blue-black
Specimen Notes: NY, VEN

Identifiers:

GUID: 1f9c7c66-8a91-4689-bc8d-bfd6aaa327e7

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