Description
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Shrubs evergreen, epiphytic. Twigs inconspicuously angled; bud scales inconspicuous. Leaves scattered; petiole 2–3 mm; leaf blade obovate-elliptic, 2.5–3(–5) × 0.9–2 cm, thickly leathery, abaxially brownish, adaxially usually glaucous, midvein prominent abaxially, raised adaxially, secondary veins ca. 2 pairs, barely evident, base cuneate, margin revolute, entire, with 1 basal gland per side, apex rounded-emarginate. Inflorescences racemose, 0.2–1(–1.5) cm, glabrous, 2–5-flowered; bracts ca. 1.5 mm. Pedicel angled-winged, 5–10 mm, pubescent. Hypanthium ca. 1 mm, glabrous or pubescent; calyx lobes lanceolate, 2–2.2 mm, ciliolate or pubescent. Corolla white, campanulate, 5–6 mm, glabrous; lobes reflexed, ca. 1.4 mm. Filaments ca. 1 mm, puberulous; anthers ca. 4 mm, with 2 spreading spurs; tubules ca. 2 × as long as thecae. Berry 10-pseudoloculed, ca. 5 mm in diam. Fl. Apr–May.
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- Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
Habitat
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Evergreen forests, epiphytic on trees; 1200–2000(–3500) m.
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