Bomarea bracteata

Endemic to Peru, this perennial twining vine can extend about 10 feet. It grows in remnant shrub forests and rocky ravines of the northern and central Peruvian Andes, between about 9,800 and 13,100 feet. Its narrow leaves have rolled edges and prominent veins. The hanging tubular flowers have pink outer tepals and longer inner tepals with green tips marked by dark purple spots. Hummingbirds pollinate the flowers, and birds disperse seeds by eating their fleshy red coverings. It is classified as Vulnerable because clearing, burning, overgrazing, and mining threaten its fragmented habitat. Photographed in Peru.