Does anyone know which of the Bomarea species below are found in the Andes mountains of Colombia? I would like to try to narrow down what I have in the woods around my house. Bomarea angustipetala Baker Bomarea brachypus Kraenzl. Bomarea bracteolata Gereau Bomarea caldasii (Kunth) Asch. & Graebn. Bomarea chaparensis Hofreiter Bomarea edulis Herb. Bomarea floribunda Herb. Bomarea hieronymi Pax Bomarea holtonii Hochr. Bomarea rosea Herb. Bomarea sanguinea Kraenzl. Photographed flower is common where I live (2100m Western Cordillera).
What's in the photo looks like a really robust specimen of B. heironymi - and you should note that you're close enough to the Northern Ecuadorean cordilleras do have some of our species as well. In terms of your distributions, here goes - I've bolded the species that appear in Colombia, and added image links: Bomarea angustipetala Baker - Colombia Bomarea brachypus Kraenzl. - Ecuador Bomarea bracteolata Gereau - Panama Bomarea caldasii (Kunth) Asch. & Graebn. - Costa Rica all the way South to Peru. Bomarea chaparensis Hofreiter - Bolivia Bomarea edulis Herb. - Mexico all the way through to Ecuador, and as far East as Venezuela and Suriname Bomarea floribunda Herb. - synonym of B. multiflora L; Venezuela Bomarea hieronymi Pax - Colombia and Ecuador; it's known in Carchi in Ecuador so it likely overlaps with Yumbo in Colombia Bomarea holtonii Hochr. - synonym of B. pauciflora Kunth; Colombia and Venezuela Bomarea rosea Herb. - Peru Bomarea sanguinea Kraenzl. - Bolivia and Peru You might find Tropicos a useful tool, particularly the Name Search and Image Search functions. The Field Museum's Plant Guides is also a good, searchable pictorial reference. The list you provided hardly touches the species found in Colombia, let alone those from Northern Ecuador.
