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Kohleria tigridia
Kohlerias are flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. The plants are generally tropical herbs or subshrubs with velvety stems and foliage and brightly colored flowers with spots or markings in contrasting colors. They are rhizomatous and commonly include a period of dormancy in their growth cycle.
This plant was found in the wilderness of Santa Elena Reserve in Costa Rica. It was attached to a tree. Cloud forest. Epyphite plant. Santa Elena Biological Reserve.
congrats on the SOTD marta! you are too kind :) by the way, i am "he", my name is caleb ;)
Congratulations Marta! I never saw anything like this, it's gorgeous! I especially like your last picture. Lovely photos!
Now I finally have an ID for my spotting posted two years ago!
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/110...
And I also give special thanks to venusflytrap200, who was the one who found the right ID for this spotting! So the derived information is there thanks to her keen eye and identification abilities ;-)
Many thanks for the SOTD! The plant deserves it because it is really beautiful. If you go to the cloud forests fo Costa Rica do not forget to inspect the tree "habitants" near your path: you will be pleasantly surprised with the beauty of many epyphites!
Congrats Marta, your beautiful bromeliad has earned you Spotting of the Day! This exotic flowering plant is a rare species of Gesneriaceae, from the rainforests of Costa Rica.
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Spotted on Apr 9, 2014
Submitted on May 8, 2014
