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A large lignotuber (and Roy Fuller) from Nybg.org.


The flowers by Ruth Ripley, Inaturalist.ca.


The fruits by Angel Mario Hualpa Erazo, Inaturalist.ca.

Author: 

Rudolf Hoerold, 1909

Family: 

ERICACEAE

Origin: 

Ecuador, Peru

Soil: 

Epiphytic

Water: 

Medium

Sun: 

Medium - Maximum

Thickness: 

200 Centimetres

Height: 

300 Centimetres

Flower: 

Dark Pink

Propagate: 

Seeds

Names: 

-

Synonyms: 

Ceratostema salapa, Benth. 1844.
Tyria salapa, Klotzsch, 1851.

This member of the Ericaceae family was given this name by Rudolf Hoerold in 1909. It is found in Ecuador and Peru, growing in a well drained soil or an epiphyte with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to 200 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to 300 centimetres in height. The flowers are dark pink.

The genera name after John Maclean, 19th century Scottish merchant who exported plants from Lima, Peru. The species name after Salapa; a town in the Loja region of Ecuador.


A flowering branch by Felipe Serrano, Inaturalist.ca.