Filed As:

Ericaceae
Cavendishia speciosa A.C.Sm.

Location:

Colombia. Antioquia. Yarumal-Valdivia road, km 124, ca. 12 km N of Yarumal. Alt. 2050 m. (6726 ft.)

Collector(s):

J. L. Luteyn 7070 with M. Lebrón-Luteyn & P. Camargo, 23 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:

forested edge along road.

Other:

Collection Notes: floral bracts becoming wine-red distally; corolla basal 3/4 trans- lucent white, upper 1/4 pale yellowish-green becoming bright red after anthesis; floral bracts concave and emarginate

Identifiers:

GUID: 33e11571-a0c1-4503-a6de-71ee15dc591a

Distribution:

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