Collection Details
Species: Columnea sp.
Collection Date: 6 July 2003
Determined By: unknown
Determination Date: unknown
Institution: unknown
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Carchi
Subregion: Espejo
Locality Description: Parroquia: Guatal. Mirador de las Golondrinas (Fundación Golondrinas). Trail from El Corazon towards La Cortadera (2 km NE of refugio).
DD Latitude: 0.8294
DD Longitude: -78.1175
Elevation: 2000-2500 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Wet premontane/cloud forest
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Epiphytic climber; occasionally terrestrial. Shoots dorsiventral. Abaxial leaf surface green with red apices and red margins. Bracts greenish-white with red midregion. Calyx lobes greenish-white; occacionally with red spotting. Corolla tubular; white with red lobes. Fruit an ovoid berry. Nectary a bilobed gland on dorsal surface. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae