Filed As:

Ericaceae
Demosthenesia spectabilis

Location:

Peru. Cusco. Kms 143-152 Ollantaytambo-Alfamayo road; 58-67 km NW of Ollantaytam-bo. Alt. 3110 - 3415 m. (10203 - 11204 ft.)

Collector(s):

J. L. Luteyn 6452 with M. L. Lebrón-Luteyn, 11 Dec 1978

Description:

epiphytic shrub with branches 0.5 m long. floral bracts brown; bracteoles, pedicels and calyx green, suffused with red on dorsal surfaces.

Habitat:

montane cloud forest. abundant.

Other:

Collection Notes: corolla slightly zygomorphic, bright reddish-orange; stames and sty-le appressed to dorsal surface of inner corolla tube

Identifiers:

GUID: 71f54a10-54a1-4cb7-a1fa-4befd987e4e0

Distribution:

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