Collection Details
Species: Blakea spruceana Cogn.
Collection Date: 15 July 2008
Determined By: J. P. Janovec
Determination Date: 27 October 2010
Institution: BRIT
Locality
Continent: South America
Country: Peru
Region: Cusco
Subregion: Quispicanchis Province
Closest Town: Quincemil-Camanti
Locality Description: District of Camanti. Community of Cadena, about 40 km west of Quincemil along the interoceanic highway. Collections made along the bank and floodplain forest of the Cadena River, south up the river from the community and highway.
Locality Summary: Orilla de Rio Cadena
Locality Site Specific: Cadena River
DD Latitude: -13.3332
DD Longitude: -70.8312
Elevation: 900-1100 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Upper Amazonian to submontane Andean forest. Collected from upper bank of river.
Soil Description: Soils rich in clay and sometimes sand, with a variation in the quantity of organic matter on the surface.
Habitat: River bank
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Hemiepiphyte at 7 m. Flowers white and fragrant at anthesis; browning after one day of flowering. Flower buds green with reddish-brown pubescence.
Height: 6-7 m
Habit: Hemiepiphyte
Other Data
Research Site: Comunidad Cadena
Project: Flora of Camanti-Marcapata