Centropogon medusa

Endemic to Ecuador, this scrambling shrub in the bellflower family grows in humid Andean forests. Around Oyacachi, Ecuador, it occurs between about 8,500 and 10,500 feet and can grow as an epiphyte on other plants. It also inhabits secondary shrublands beside streams, ravines, and pasture edges. Its red tubular flowers have yellow lobes and projecting anther tubes. Long, slender sepals spread behind the flowers. Like other members of its genus, it produces fleshy berries with many seeds. The species is endangered. Photographed in Ecuador.