Location:

Venezuela. Mérida. Bailadores-La Grita road, La Granzonera region, 28 km S of Bailado- res. Alt. 3000 m. (9842 ft.)

Collector(s):

J. L. Luteyn 5259 with M. Lebrón-Luteyn, L. Ruíz-Terán & J. A. Dugarte, 26 Jan 1978

Description:

terrestrial or epiphytic shrub 1-3 m tall. floral bracts dark pinkish-red, rachises and pedicels pale pink; ca-lyx and lower 1/2 to 3/4 corolla pink to dark pink.

Habitat:

subpáramo slopes dominate by Ericaceae. common.

Other:

Collection Notes: upper 1/4 corolla white photo
Specimen Notes: NY, VEN

Identifiers:

GUID: a893fa55-1ce0-4827-a80d-06a964e7d190

Distribution:

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