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Columnea florida is an epiphytic plant of the family Gesneriaceae and native to the neotropics. It was described in 1937 by C. V. Morton. It is also known as Dalbergaria florida.
Description
As 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, thus belatedly becoming bracts.
References
- Morton, C.V.,Journal of the Washington Academy of Science, volume 27 (1937) p. 310.
- Proctor, Michael; Yeo, Peter; Lack, Andrew (1996). The Natural History of pollination. Portland: Timber Press. p. 242. ISBN 0-88192-353-2.