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Psammisia ramiflora

Botanic Family

Ericaceae

Author

Klotzsch

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Costa Rica
• Panama

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• remnant forest
• cut-over forest
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• May
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• Apr
• Jun

Epiphytic liana or shrub to 3m with glabrous branches. Glabrous leaves to 170mm long. Racemes or fascicles, often cauliflorous, of 4-15 flowers, pink or orange to red flowers tipped white, calyx tube 3mm long, limb 4mm long, corolla to 30mm long. Fruit 10mm diameter.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• Standley