Ovary : oblong, greenish, 5-10mm long x 2-3mm wide
Tube color : deep lavender to rose violet
Tube shape : funnelform, glabrous outside, villous inside in the lower part above the nectary
Tube dimensions : 25-50mm long x 2-4mm wide at the base, slightly constricted in the lower part, then widened until 8-10mm wide at the rim
Sepal color upper : deep lavender to rose violet
Sepal color lower :
Sepal shape : ovate-lanceolate, connate for 3 to 4 mm at the base
Sepal tips : acute to acuminate, divergent to recurved at anthesis
Sepal dimensions : 14-25mm long x 4-8mm wide
Corolla opening color :
Corolla mature color :
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Corolla silhouette :
Petal margins :
Corolla dimensions :
Nectary : lustrous green-purplish, 4-5mm high
Stamens :
Filaments : purple, the antesepalous ones 9-21mm long, the antepetalous ones 6-16mm long,
Anthers : oblong, yellow, 3-4.5mm long x 1.5-2.5mm wide,
Pistil :
Style : light purple, villous for most of its length,
Stigma : green, 2.5-4mm long x 2-3mm wide, 4-cleft at apex, exserted 4-8mm beyond the any anthers
MISCELLANEOUS
Flower :
Flowers : few, axillary or grouped at branch tips,
Flower size :
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Flower bud :
Fruit : immature berry is oblong, purplish, 16-18mm long x 8-10mm wide
Seed :
Habit : terrestrial or commonly epiphytic shrubs, occasionally with small tubers
Hardiness:
Height : 0.5-1.5 m
Light/Climate :
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Remarks : flowering is principally in the dry season, from June to October
Named :
Lookalikes :
Year (of first description) : 1898
Botanist : Kuntze O.
Authors : Kuntze 1898
Original publication : Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 97 1898
Habitat : restricted to cloud forest on the northeast slopes of the Andes in Cochabamba Department
Elevation : 1900-2800
Native country : Bolivia
Synonyms : F. steinbachii, Johnston 1925
Gametic chromosome number n = 22
FOLIAGE
Leaves : opposite or less often ternate, membranous, petioles 5 to 9 mm long, stipules triangular to lanceolate, 2 to 3 mm long, 1.5 to 2.5 mm wide, occasionally connate
Foliage color upper side : glabrous to sparsely puberulent when young
Foliage color lower side : often purplish
Leaf dimensions : 35-110mm long x 15-50mm wide
Leaf shape : (narrowly) ovate
Leaf margin : subentire to serrulate
Leaf tip : acuminate
Leaf base : acute to rounded
Pubescence :
Veins : secondary veins 5 to 7 on either side of the midvein
Stems :
Branches : young branches purplish, terete, 1 to 2 mm thick, older branches 4 to 20 mm thick with bark turning tan and exfoliating in strips or flakes
