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Alloplectus weirii

Botanic Family
Gesneriaceae
Author
(Kuntze) Wiehler

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Geographical Habitats

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Epiphytic climber to 5m with adventitious roots. leaves to 110mm x 45mm with serrate-crenate margins, strigose above & pilose beneath. Solitary or rarely 2-flowered inflorescences to 6mm x 0.2mm, bright orange5-lobed calyx to 20mm x 15mm with fimbriate margins, yellow to orange flowers, corolla pale purple to 25mm long with tube to 20mm long & lobes to 2mm x 2.5mm, bracts red. Fleshy pendent pilose capsules to 20mm x 15mm, green & maroon or yellow-orange.

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