Columnea purpurata

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  • Photographer: Ron Myhr
  • Grown by: nature in Costa Rica

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The bright orange calyces and bracts of this species probably are attractive to hummingbirds. In some species, the flowers are even more insignificant than in this case, and attraction of pollinators is almost exclusively a function of the calyces.