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Columnea florida is an epiphytic plant of the family Gesneriaceae and native to the neotropics. It is also known as Dalbergaria florida.
Description
editAs the flowers begin to develop, the leaves nearest to the infloresences develop a pair of dime-size red spots near the far end of each leaf to guide hummingbirds to the flowers,[1] thus belatedly becoming bracts.
References
edit- ^ Proctor, Michael (1996). The Natural History of pollination. Portland: Timber Press. p. 242.