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Hot lips plant - closeup, Inírida, Colombia Colombia,Guainía,Hot lips plant,Inírida,Psychotria elata,South America,World Click/tap to enlarge

Hot lips plant - closeup, Inírida, Colombia

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    There is at least one more species with similar flowers - Psychotria poeppigiana. According to the description at EOL P. elata is distinguished from the very similar species, P. poeppigiana, by the lack of hairs on the leaves and stem (Gargiullo et al 2008). Have you considered the differences between them?
    http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Psychotria+poeppigiana
    http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Psychotria+elata
    http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/biodiversity/bci/species/30114/
    http://eol.org/pages/1106123/details     Posted 8 years ago
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      I did see that there are very similar plants, I mostly went by our guides' identification (not a plant expert) who only went by its common name. Posted 8 years ago
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        You know how it is with common names, there are many and some of them overlap between species. Any chance you might have a better focus on the stem of either of the plants? Posted 8 years ago
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    Nice, so who's going to give it a kiss? Posted 8 years ago, modified 8 years ago
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      Do I hear a volunteer? Posted 8 years ago
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        Go on then, in the interests of science of course. Posted 8 years ago
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          I didn't bring up the idea ;) Posted 8 years ago

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The Hot lips plant

Psychotria elata, the Hot Lips plant, is a tropical plant known for its bright red brackets that attract pollinators.

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Similar species: Gentianales
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded Aug 20, 2017. Captured Oct 24, 2016 08:57.
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  • NIKON D800
  • f/9.0
  • 1/200s
  • ISO250
  • 105mm