Wildflowers: Colombian Plant ID Please

Discussion in 'Plants: Identification' started by Pitter, Feb 26, 2012.

  1. Pitter

    Pitter Active Member 10 Years

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    Here is another Colombian plant found along the roadside. And again don't know if it's domestic or native.
     

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    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    Tibouchina lepidota (siete cueros) or T. urvilleana, perhaps? Certainly another member of the Melastomataceae.
     
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    Pitter Active Member 10 Years

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    Thank you Lorax I wondered if it was a Siete Cueros because the leaves were so similar to a tree we have here that has flowers of two different colors.
     
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    Colombia Active Member 10 Years

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    This is not a Tibouchina it is a Meriania. Maybe Meriania speciosa and it is native to Colombia.
     
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    Pitter Active Member 10 Years

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    Colombia the flower with the "beard" certainly looks like Meriania speciosa. Thank you.
     
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    All species of Tibouchina have strongy dimorphic stamens, with 5 of them much larger than the other 5. Genus Meriana seems to have all 10 stamens equal.
     

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