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8290 - Bromeliads (Wild) - 2011-10-13 (Dimension: 2302 x 1754 pixels - Counter: 6389) Racinaea cf. ropalocarpa (André) M.A. Spencer & L.B. Sm. Locality: Ecuador - Prov. of Zamora-Chinchipe, area of Estación Cientifica San Francisco (S 03°58´, W 79°04´ ), road Loja-Zamora, ca. 35 km from Loja; moist montane forest Photographer: Florian Werner Note: Col.: Werner, F.A. 3074 (11-09-2010) - Det.: W. Till (U Vienna) 2011 "in secondary scrub; one single specimen; never seen in the valley before. Leaves soft, succulent, of spotless opaque green (dark red pigmentation only on inner side of leaf base), and terminally curled by 720° if not much more." (Click on the picture to enlarge) |