Cavendishia

Maquipucuna Preserve, Ecuador, 2008.

Another tropical blueberry, Cavendishia grandifolia. The big star-shaped car on the top of the fruit notes where the calyx and corolla was attached, so this is an epigynous plants - the ovary is inferior.

Cartago Province, Costa Rica

A view of the flowers, immature fruit and translucent pink bracts. A widespread neotropical species. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/heath/index.html

These will turn black when ripe. Photo from the mountains of Costa Rica.In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/heath/index.html

A variable species, widespread in the Neotropics. Photo from near Hollin Falls, Ecuador. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/heath/index.html

Monteverde, Puntarenas, Costa Rica

San Blas Islands, Panama

San Blas Islands, Panama

Cavendishia fortunensis, Ericaceae; La Fortuna (Chiriqui, Panama). March 2008.This plant is endemic to the Neotropics and belongs to the blueberry group. It is a hemiepiphytic plant, which means it can grow terrestrial or epiphytic.

Cavendishia fortunensis; Neotropical blueberry from Chiriqui (Panama). March 2008.This plant is endemic to the Neotropics and belongs to the blueberry group. It is a hemiepiphytic plant, which means it can grow terrestrial or epiphytic.The white areas you see here is some kind of latex - very sticky!

Cavendishia quereme, Ericaceae; La Fortuna (Chiriqui, Panama). March 2008.This plant is endemic to the Neotropics and belongs to the blueberry group. It is a hemiepiphytic plant, which means it can grow terrestrial or epiphytic.

Cavendishia quereme; La Fortuna (Chiriqui, Panama)This plant is endemic to the Neotropics and belongs to the blueberry group. It is a hemiepiphytic plant, which means it can grow terrestrial or epiphytic.