Filed As:

Ericaceae
Cavendishia speciosa A.C.Sm.

Location:

Colombia. Antioquia. Yarumal-Valdivia road, km 123, ca. 10 km N of Yarumal. Alt. 2135 m. (7005 ft.)

Collector(s):

J. L. Luteyn 7064 with M. Lebrón-Luteyn & P. Camargo, 22 Mar 1979

Description:

pendent epiphytic shrub with branches to 2 m long. floral bracts dark rose-red; rachis and pedicel cream-colored; calyxtube pale green, limb and lobes translucent-cream.

Habitat:

remnant forest along stream. rare.

Other:

Collection Notes: floral bracts becoming wine-red distally; corolla basal 3/4 translu-cent white, upper 1/4 pale yellowish-green becoming bright red afteranthesis; floral bracts concave and emarginate

Identifiers:

GUID: 6ed536dc-347f-464f-bf9a-ab97055294d3

Distribution:

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