Filed As:

Ericaceae
Cavendishia
All Determinations:

Cavendishia Lindl.

Location:

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

J. L. Luteyn 5967 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. common.
Other:

Collection Notes: calyx lobes finged 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: d03474d8-9a6b-47e7-a6e9-2fcec9f24953
Distribution:

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