#sanchezia

This species is native to wet environments in northeast Ecuador. It has both beautiful golden flowers and attractive white veins in it's bright green leaves. You must admit, this sanchezia looks very 'tropical' but are you really willing to trek the bug-infested jungles of northeast Ecuador to see one in it's home and native land?

Native to South America, Sanchezia parvibracteata has become naturalized throughout the world. I came across what is essentially a hedge of this plant growing in the understory forest of a suburban community on Oahu. Fond of cooler, wetter locations, it was extremely happy there and is known to readily escape cultivation. This is one of the least dramatic plants I have photographed in UVIVF but the stigmas, anther, bracts, and stems at least provide a little glow and visual interest.

FK / 2020

Sanchezia.

Sanchezia parvibracteata This bold beauty is a part of the sanchezia genus, named after José Sanchez, a Spanish botany professor.

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