Blakea fuchsioides Almeda

• Region

  Central America

• Country

  Panama

• State/Province

  Chiriquí

• Locality

  Boca del Toro; Near Lago de Fortuna. Sendero Quebrada Aleman, near the highest point

• Elevation

  Alt. 1375 m. (4511 ft.)

• Coordinates

  8.7108, -82.2428

• Distribution

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PLANTS OF PANAMA
>Melastomataceae>
Blakea fuchsioides Almeda
det. DSP, 10 Feb 2005
Chiriqui-Bocas del Toro: Near Lago de Fortuna.
Sendero Quebrada Aleman, near the highest point. Elev.
1375m. Hemiepiphytic climber, vine-like, the main stem
ca. 3 cm dia., ascending ca. 5m, the branches extending
ca. 1m from trunk. Floral bracts scarlet-pink, very showy.
Petals tightly pseudocampanulate, lavender-tinted pink.
Flowers 1 (2) per axil, pendulous, on long, reddish
peduncles. Hypanthium pale yellowish-pink. Calyx tube
and lobes reddish-pink, hemispheric. Stamens in a
disorganized ring, free, filaments lavender-pink, anthers
yellow. Style long-exserted, lavender. Seeds purple.
Rare.
Lat. 08 42.65N Long. 82 14.57W .
coll. Darin S. Penneys # 1744	10 February 2005
with Mario A. Blanco Coto
Additional material: photos; DNA; spirit.
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