Columnea Microcalyx
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''Columnea microcalyx'', called the goldfish plant or orange columnea, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''
Columnea ''Columnea'' is a genus of around 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the family Gesneriaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas and the Caribbean. The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – us ...
'', native to southeast Mexico, Central America, Columbia and Venezuela. Its cultivar 'Superba' has gained the
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microcalyx Plants described in 1866 {{Gesneriaceae-stub