Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Cavendishia
Specific Epithet
grandifolia
Authorship
Hoerold
3/12/2006
Location
Ecuador, Pichincha
0.021944, -78.746944
Location Remarks
Along road between Tandayapa and Mindo, vicinity of Bellavisata Tourist Lodge, 6.5 km N of Tandayapa on old road from Nono to Mindo. 2270 m elev.
Collectors
Thomas B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon Christoph
Notes
Epiphytic, scandent shrub; pendent branches to 3 m tall; pedicels pink, bracts red, deciduous; calyx discoid, pale green; flower green, pendent; fruits white, turning dark purple, with white pedicels.