Wildflowers: Woody Plant Colombia

Discussion in 'Plants: Identification' started by Pitter, Mar 6, 2012.

  1. Pitter

    Pitter Active Member 10 Years

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    Any ideas what this Colombian woody plant might be? Leaves and flowers were about two meters off the ground and the leaves themselves were very large, appoximately 60cm long.
     

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    togata57 Generous Contributor 10 Years

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    Passiflora?
     
  3. Tony Rodd

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    I asked a Flickr contact to have a look at your pictures; his Flickr name is English_Passiflorist and as you might guess he is a pasisionate student of Passifloras.

    Pasted herewith his response . . .


    Given the length of the leaves I would say it is P. macrophylla.

    There are 4 very similar and closely related species:

    arborea (Colombia) ; lindeniana (Venezuela); tica (Costa Rica) and macrophylla (ecuador).

    John Ocampo the expert on Colombian species lists all four as occuring in Colombia: (thanks John!)

    passifloracolombia.awardspace.co.uk/lista/

    To me the flower suggests putumayensis but the height of the plant and length of leaves favour macrophylla. The problem of analysing species in this sub-genus Astrophea is the lack of valid & accurate photos for diagnostic purposes. My second guess is arborea but I don't have a good photo for comparison.

    Here are a few images which may help but will probably confuse (I have the advantage of also being able to refer to "Passionflowers of the World" by Ulmer & MacDougal. )

    www.flickr.com/photos/maracuja_rama/galleries/72157625402790304/
     
  4. Pitter

    Pitter Active Member 10 Years

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    Tony thank you very much for the very thorough information. I will just add that the photos were taken at 2100m on the eastern slope of the western cordillera. I will probobly have to content myself with "Passiflora species". I went back and measured the largest leaf. It was 57cm long.
     
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