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Bomarea multiflora

Botanic Family

Alstroemeriaceae

Author

(Linnaeus f.) Mirbel

Offspring

B. x cantabrigensis

Common Names

• Climbing Alstroemeria

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• woodland
• riverine forest
• cloud forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Oct (Colombia)
• Feb-Mar
• May
• Jul-Aug
• Oct
• Dec (Ecuador)

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• Dec (Ecuador)

Herbaceous tuberous twining liana with leaves to 136mm x 42mm. Many-flowered umbels with bracts to 36mm, of 60mm orange spotted red-brown flowers with bracteoles to 20mm, sepals to 32mm bright red outside, yellow inside with purple spots, apex red, petals to 38mm long with black spots. Maroon fruits with red seeds

Further References

• E & M 1970
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• P & R 1997
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• Exotica
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• MPCR