Closeup of bright orange flowers, Santa María, Colombia

I found these in multiple places in Colombia, but I've yet to find a species match. The flowers are bright orange and clock-like, It has a star-shaped opening of which the edges are green with black dots. There's white hair on the opening, similar to some carnivorous plants.

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morpheme

Lion

Kohleria species? it looks like the flowers can be rather variable in color Posted 8 years ago
1. WildFlower
  
  Lion
  
  It could be a Kohleria, but I cannot find a match for the species. Posted 8 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Thank you for looking into this! Posted 8 years ago
3. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Very like so, as I got the same suggestion from a FB group. Exact species to be found though. Frustrating part is that I did run across it online few weeks ago but failed to bookmark it. Posted 8 years ago

morpheme

Lion

I did find this photo of a very similarly colored flower, marked as Kohleria warszewiczii, but there's no way of knowing if it is ID'd correctly or not - most of the other photos of this species seem to be pink
https://www.flickr.com/photos/52033111@N08/8276898983 Posted 8 years ago, modified 8 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Thank you. Yes, this one is quite tough. The photo you suggest has the same inner green color with the dots, yet the outer color as you say is different, furthermore the hairs with droplets seem longer here:
  
  Posted 8 years ago, modified 8 years ago
2. WildFlower
  
  Lion
  
  I came across this one too but the shape of the petals is not the same - one has pointed petal (star-shaped as Ferdy has described it) while the other has a round edge. Posted 8 years ago
3. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    I've been in touch with my guide who thinks we have the correct family, not mentioning the genus, so that could go either way. He will try to ask some experts, but I don't expect a lot from it. Posted 8 years ago
  2. 1. WildFlower
      
      Lion
      
      Here's a paper about the genera found in Colombia. According to the abstract there are about 400 species of Gesneriaceae in Colombia. My Spanish is not very good but 17 species and 4 varieties are found only from the genus Kohleria. The "star-shaped petals" could be from another genus though.
      http://www.bdigital.unal.edu.co/21178/1/17467-55557-1-PB.pdf Posted 8 years ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Thanks. Based on the visual keys, the two hairy ones are capanea and kohleria, based on some shallow image searching, my bet would be on kohleria like you suggested earlier. Posted 8 years ago
  3. morpheme
    
    Lion
    
    I did notice the shape of the petals was a bit different - I'm wondering they might eventually open a bit more? I'm assuming this is a wild plant, but it looks like this is bred pretty extensively too and has lots and lots of variations. I'd bet it easily hybridizes even in the wild? Posted 8 years ago, modified 8 years ago
  4. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      It was definitely in a wild setting, on a natural path, although that's no guarantee it is not planted I guess. Posted 8 years ago

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