Three Blakea subconnata flowers have white petals and curved pink anthers among green leaves and unopened buds

Blakea subconnata

Name: blakea subconnata
Address: CO

Native from Panama to Ecuador, this shrub or tree can climb and grow on other trees as an epiphyte. It occurs in humid lowland and mountain forests. Its six-petaled flowers range from white to pink, with pink anthers joined in a curved ring. Liquid can accumulate inside the unopened flower buds. The Chachi people of western Ecuador traditionally suck the sweet flower buds as a treat. The fruits are fleshy berries. Photographed in the Chocó region of Ecuador and Colombia.

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A Blakea subconnata flower has deep pink petals, curved pink anthers, and a pale style beside an unopened bud

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A Blakea subconnata flower has pink petals, curved pink anthers, and a pale style below green buds