Filed As:

Ericaceae
Orthaea secundiflora (Poepp. & Endl.) Klotzsch

All Determinations:

Orthaea secundiflora (Poepp. & Endl.) Klotzsch det. N. R. Salinas, 2014

Location:

Ecuador. Morona Santiago. Gualaceo-Limón road, 53-64 km E of Gualaceo. Alt. 1870 - 2150 m. (6135 - 7054 ft.)

Collector(s):

J. L. Luteyn 5785 with Maria Lebrón-Luteyn, 19 Apr 1978

Description:

Terrestrial shrub with branches to 3 m. Rhachis & pedicels cream colored, heavily suffused with pink; calyx dark pink; corolla basal 1/2 dark rose grading into white at limb & lobe. Hollow portion of stems housing ants. Plants visited by hovering black bees which were boring into the basal portion of the corolla.

Habitat:

Steep slopes with remnant cloud forest. Two plants seen.

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 01055915
GUID: e6935524-4cdb-4585-a677-6984a0170e9b

Distribution:

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