Columnea florida
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Columnea florida is an epiphytic plant of the family Gesneriaceae and native to the neotropics. It is also known as Dalbergaria florida.
Description
[edit]As the flowers begin to develop, the leaves nearest to the infloresences develop a pair of dime-size red spots near the far end of each leaf to guide hummingbirds to the flowers,[1] thus belatedly becoming bracts.
References
[edit]- ^ Proctor, Michael (1996). The Natural History of pollination. Portland: Timber Press. p. 242.