Collection Details
Species: Columnea picta H. Karst.
Collection Date: 19 March 2003
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2002
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Imbabura
Subregion: Cotacachi
Locality Description: Parroquia: García Moreno. Cordillera de Toisán. Cerro de la Plata. Bosque Protector Los Cedros. Sendero Camino del Oso (north of Lodge).
DD Latitude: 0.3
DD Longitude: -78.7667
Elevation: 1500-2600 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Premontane/montane wet forest
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Terrestrial or epiphytic scandent herb with dorsiventral shoots. Upper and lower leaf surface green with red apices. Calyx lobes yellow with reddish-purple patch on mid-section. Corolla cream-white with red spots on lower lobes; nearly tubular (lower lobe slightly bilabiate) and sigmoid-shaped (appearing bent). Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae