Family
Melastomataceae
Genus
Blakea
9/16/2007
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Nangaritza
-4.313333, -78.661389
Location Remarks
Cordillera del Cóndor, "Area de Conservación Los Tepuyes". Along banks of the Río Nangaritza, in the sandstone-walled canyon between Miazi and Shaime. Dense wet forest and sandstone rock outcrops. 890 m elev.
Collectors
David Neill, C. Davidson, S. Christoph, W. Quizhpe
Notes
Shrub 1 m tall. Leaves purple benearh. Bracteoles and fruiting calyx red.
11/1/2007
Location
Peru, Cusco, La Convencion
-12.901389, -72.762222
Location Remarks
Distrito Santa Ana. Tunqui Mayo. Bosque secundario y borde de quebrada. 1870 m elev.
Collectors
Rodolfo Vásquez, Christopher Davidson, Efraín Suclli, Jim Farfán, A. Peña Cruz
Notes
Hemiepífito; flores lilas.
2/18/2004
Location
Ecuador, Carchi
0.802222, -77.929167
Location Remarks
Paramo del Angel, along road from El Chical to Tulcán, 68.1 km E of El Chical, 13.6 km W of Tufiño plaza. 3200 m elev.
Collectors
Thomas B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon Christoph
Notes
Tree c. 4 m tall; flower buds pink; petals white.
2/16/2005
Location
Ecuador, Carchi
0.802222, -77.929167
Location Remarks
Paramo del Angel, along road from El Chical to Tulcán, 68.1 km E of El Chical, 13.6 km W of Tufiño plaza. 3200 m elev.
Collectors
Thomas B. Croat, Christopher Davidson, Sharon Christoph
Notes
Treelet 6 m tall; corolla pale lavender-purple.
9/21/2007
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui
-3.630278, -78.447222
Location Remarks
Cordillera del Cóndor. Summit area of sandstone plateau, a western spur of the Cóndor, Contrafuerte Tres Patines, south of Río Tundayme, above the military road to Cóndor Mirador. Dense, wet dwarf forest and low shrubby vegetation. 1680 m elev.
Collectors
David Neill, C. Davidson, S. Christoph
Notes
Epiphytic shrub. Flowers white with yellow androecium. Leaves pale golden-green below.
3/2/2012
Location
Costa Rica, San Jose, Tarrazu
9.484278, -84.002833
Location Remarks
Z.P. Cerro Nara. Cuenca del Savegre. Ca. 7.2 km del Albergue Tinamú. 740 m elev.
Collectors
B. Hammel, Isabel Perez--Hammel, C. Davidson
Notes
epífita 8 m, bracteas rojas, flores rosadas.
3/24/2006
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
Shrub 4+ m; flowers white.
1/1/1900
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe
-3.973694, -79.077333
Location Remarks
Vía Loja-Zamora, Estación Cientifica San Francisco, sendero zig-zag, camino canal y Q2. 1862 m elev.
Collectors
Thomas B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry
Notes
Shrub 3.5 m tall, flowers globose in bud, the petals pink in bud, white when open with pink fringes.
