Collection Details
Species: Columnea oblongifolia Rusby
Collection Date: 31 May 2010
Determined By: unknown
Determination Date: unknown
Institution: unknown
Locality
Country: Peru
Region: Cusco
Subregion: Paucartambo
Locality Description: Wayqecha Biological Station (Amazon Conservation Association – ACA), Río Cosñipata watershed, near the road Paucartambo-Shintuya (1 hour via car east of Paucartambo).
DD Latitude: -13.175
DD Longitude: -71.5867
Elevation: 2200-3100 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Montane scrub to elfin forest.
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Locally abundant epiphytic herb. Clambering with with 1-2 primary shoots (erect, horizontal, or pendent). Abaxial leaf surface red. Flowers axillary and single. Pedicels red. Fruit a fleshy bivalved capsule. Digital photographs of this collection are posted in the Andes-Amazon Atrium of BRIT (http://atrium.andesamazon.org) and with John L. Clark (UNA).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae