Collection Details
Species: Drymonia chiribogana Wiehler
Collection Date: 22 February 2004
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2003
Institution: US
Locality
Country: United States of America
Locality Description: Collected from the Greenhouse of Bob and Dee Stewart (Stow, MA). Cutting obtained by Stewart's as "Echolandia" from Ecuador (probably same as "Tinalandia" near Chiriboga, Pichincha Prov.).
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Erect subshrub, 40-50 cm tall. Calyx lobes ovate; lower lobes entirely white and clasping corolla tube; upper lobes greenish-white suffused with pink/red. Corolla campanulate; white on outside; limb blue; lobes shallowly fimbriate to serrate; lower petal lobe outstretched (landing platform?). Filament curtain present.
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae