Wildflowers: Plant In Colombia

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  1. Pitter

    Pitter Active Member 10 Years

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    Can anyone tell me what this plant is please?
     

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    wcutler Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator VCBF Cherry Scout 10 Years

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    Are you asking about the plant with the strappy leaves (edited: I said "looks like a fern to me", but clearly I meant palm, not fern) or the aroid plant with the fruit spikes?
     
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    Pitter Active Member 10 Years

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    Well the first photo is a close up view of the second photo. I will look again to be sure but although tangled the fruit spikes appear to be part of the fern like "strappy leaves" plant.
     
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    Pitter Active Member 10 Years

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    I checked again and the fruit spikes issue from the plant. Could this be a Carludovica species? Here is a plant that was identified as such I believe on this forum. It also has the split leaves but of course much wider.
     

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    I've posted some young leaf photos of Carludovica palmata at Anthurium, Philodendron Or? | UBC Botanical Garden Forums. Here is one of them.
    Carludovica palmata-PanamaHatPlant_FosterBG_Cutler_20240111_132324.jpg
    It was these above, and then this, much higher off the ground. I also did not see small spathes like in the photo in posting #4, and I did see a lot of spathes.
    Carludovica palmata-PanamaHatPlant_FosterBG_Cutler_20240111_131927.jpg

    This isn't that much help, as it's the only Carludovica I've ever seen, and you are aware that there are others in the running. but I think it indicates that yours is not this species.
     
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    Thank you Wendy.
     

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