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Herrania balaensis
flowers growing directly from the trunk of the tree - so unusual! deep pink with long streamers protruding around the petals.
In the tropical rainforest of the Napo River several hours' boatride south of Coca. Amazonia.
Oops. Found a longer list here. http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Mal...
So maybe leaving it to the genus was better.
Okay now I found the right photos! Here is one just like mine:
http://b-and-t-world-seeds.com/52115.jpg...
but I will have to leave it at the genus stage as I really don't know any more about my spotting. It was on a trail we were following while birding and I did a quick snap of it as had never seen it before. Thanks, Machi!
So far the Herrania sp I have looked at have white flowers but I am still looking! anyone want to help on this one?
Thanks Machi! I will have a look at it tomorrow! Getting late here now!
Please confirm ID, I am not 100% sure that the genus is the only one that looks like this. Beautiful plant and photo. It is called cauliflory when a plant such as this one has flowers growing right out of the trunk or main branches.
Thanks! I was pretty amazed by all the living things there that I had never encountered before. I had prepared by studying some of the bird IDs ahead, but the plants were something else!
Spotted on Nov 18, 2010
Submitted on Sep 10, 2011
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