Wildflowers: Colombian Plant: Psammisia Sp.?

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    Pitter Active Member 10 Years

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    Is this epiphytic a Psammisia species? Or if not, what might it be? Photographed on eastern slope of western cordillera at 2100m.
     

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    Colombia Active Member 10 Years

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    Looks like it could be a Psammisia. Maybe the flowers have not developed fully and if you go back when they do you may have a better shot at finding a match.
     
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    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    Could also be a Cavendishia - I'm with Colombia, mature flowers will help you immensely.
     
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    Pitter Active Member 10 Years

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    Lorax I think you are quite right as I have seen flowering Cavendishia bracteata in the same tree. So are the red pods fruits of Cavendishia?
     
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    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    Yup.
     
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