Columnea consanguinea, Gesneriaceae. Arenal, Costa Rica, Central America.
Columnea consanguinea, Gesneriaceae. Arenal, Costa Rica, Central America. Columnea consanguinea, Gesneriaceae, is a species of flowering plants in the genus Columnea. They are endemic to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama. They are distinctive for possessing red translucent heart-shaped markings on their leaves that serve to attract their main pollinators, the Green-crowned Brilliant hummingbird, Heliodoxa jacula, to their more inconspicuous flowers. The spots only look red from the underside of the leaves and white/transparent from the top surface. Columnea consanguinea grow in tropical rainforests at altitudes of 300 to 1,900 m (980 to 6,230 ft) above sea level. They can be found either growing on the ground (terrestrial) or on the trunks of trees (epiphytic).
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Location: Arenal, Costa Rica
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