Corytoplectus cutucuensis

Post navigation

  • Previous Name: Alloplectus vittatus
  • Photographer: Leslie Brothers, copyright the Smithsonian Institution
  • Grown by: Smithsonian Institution Greenhouses (USBRG 1994-020)

Images copyright by the individual photographers or their institutions.


C. cutucuensis is attractive even without its flowers, although this spectacular photo shows just how flashy it can be with them. This species also produces interesting “display fruits”.

C. cutucuensis is likely the same species as C. speciosus, once known as Alloplectus vittatus.

A slideshow will be displayed when one of the links below is clicked.

An attractive plant without flowers.

A spectacular cluster of display fruits.

A single closeup of a display fruit.