Photos / Sounds

Observer

mateoalmada

Date

October 2020

Place

Uruguay (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

Observer

selvadero

Date

July 15, 2019 07:29 AM EDT

Description

This was seen in 2008 at the same site and is believed to have been cultivated there, now growing wild. This phenotype has been proposed as a sp. nov. to be published when we complete the revision to new world Costus. It is closely related to C. curvibracteatus but differs by its basal inflorescence and very long yellow nectar callus among other differences.