Brand new stumper! III.

Well, this is the next plant in the "Brand new stumper!" series... :)

 

One of the hardy geraniums?

 

geranium or heuchera

 

No, this plant is a bit bigger! It's a shrub/tree... :)

 

Does a hibiscus count as a tree? Or a lavatera or raspberry or ribes? Humm...

 

No, they are normally shrubs... but this is not a Hibiscus, not a Lavatera, not a Rubus and not a Ribes... :)

P.S.: And that reddish something is NOT a leaf! :)

 

If that reddish something isn't a leaf, I'd say it's a flower bract, making my guess.... Schefflera?

 

A Schefflera with so huge and reddish flower bract?! Hm... maybe Schefflera looks a bit different in Ecuador... :)

But you are on the right way! It is a bract... but fruit bract...

 

The boulevard Shefflera down the street bloomed recently with huge red bracts, so anything's possible. Anyhow, I have no idea of the scale in your photo. If it's a fruit bract, though, would that make it a Rhus?

 

Rhus?!? Hm... no... maybe Rhus looks also different in Ecuador... :)

P.S.: it's fruits are edible!

 

Corylus maxima Red Filbert? A red hazel nut?

 

Squirrels eat ours before we get alook in!!!

 

YES! Congratulations! :) Hm, but I think it's a simple C. avellana 'Atropurpurea'...

 

Very cool, like an Elizabethan ruff.

 

The length and shape of the involucre indicates a hybrid between Filbert Corylus maxima and Hazel C. avellana.

 

Hm, maybe you are right... Thanks!