A Blakea pauciflora flower shows six white petals edged in dark pink and a ring of yellow anthers above reddish leaves

Blakea pauciflora

Name: blakea pauciflora
Address: PA

Native to Costa Rica and Panama, this shrub or small tree can grow on other trees as an epiphyte. In Panama, it has been recorded in cloud forest at about 3,600 to 4,100 feet. The flowers have six white petals, often flushed with pink on the underside, and yellow anthers joined in a ring. The fleshy berries turn red as they mature. Photographed in the Cordillera de Talamanca, Panama.