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Passiflora colombiana - front view, Colombia Starting our 2nd morning near La Cocha with a rare find. According to our guide Brayan, this is an extremely rare plant. I tried to validate this claim and found the following:<br /> <br /> It was first described by L.K. Escobar in 1982, and it seems he also reported it in 1986. <br /> <a href="http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-24201202" rel="nofollow">http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-24201202</a><br /> <a href="http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=282177-2" rel="nofollow">http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=282177-2</a><br /> <br /> Reports seem restricted solely to the Nari&ntilde;o department of Colombia (where this photo was also taken). Online citizen reports (pictures)...only a single one I can find on the web, and it&#039;s taken by Brayan :)<br /> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/129392105@N02/35335103413" rel="nofollow">https://www.flickr.com/photos/129392105@N02/35335103413</a><br /> <br /> So I shall hereby post two photos, and become the world leader in photo contributions for this species. I expect people will now start holding open doors for me. Geotag removed to not help poachers too much.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/76119/passiflora_colombiana_colombia.html" title="Passiflora colombiana, Colombia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/76119_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=zxnjN%2Flrr0tC2fit9lj9gCDi%2BoQ%3D" width="200" height="162" alt="Passiflora colombiana, Colombia Starting our 2nd morning near La Cocha with a rare find. According to our guide Brayan, this is an extremely rare plant. I tried to validate this claim and found the following:<br /> <br /> It was first described by L.K. Escobar in 1982, and it seems he also reported it in 1986. <br /> http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-24201202<br /> http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=282177-2<br /> <br /> Reports seem restricted solely to the Nari&ntilde;o department of Colombia (where this photo was also taken). Online citizen reports (pictures)...only a single one I can find on the web, and it&#039;s taken by Brayan :)<br /> https://www.flickr.com/photos/129392105@N02/35335103413<br /> <br /> So I shall hereby post two photos, and become the world leader in photo contributions for this species. I expect people will now start holding open doors for me. Geotag removed to not help poachers too much.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/76120/passiflora_colombiana_-_front_view_colombia.html Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Fall,Geotagged,La Cocha,Passiflora colombiana,South America" /></a></figure> Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Fall,Geotagged,La Cocha,Passiflora colombiana,South America Click/tap to enlarge

Passiflora colombiana - front view, Colombia

Starting our 2nd morning near La Cocha with a rare find. According to our guide Brayan, this is an extremely rare plant. I tried to validate this claim and found the following:

It was first described by L.K. Escobar in 1982, and it seems he also reported it in 1986.
http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-24201202
http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=282177-2

Reports seem restricted solely to the Nariño department of Colombia (where this photo was also taken). Online citizen reports (pictures)...only a single one I can find on the web, and it's taken by Brayan :)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/129392105@N02/35335103413

So I shall hereby post two photos, and become the world leader in photo contributions for this species. I expect people will now start holding open doors for me. Geotag removed to not help poachers too much.

Passiflora colombiana, Colombia Starting our 2nd morning near La Cocha with a rare find. According to our guide Brayan, this is an extremely rare plant. I tried to validate this claim and found the following:<br /> <br /> It was first described by L.K. Escobar in 1982, and it seems he also reported it in 1986. <br /> http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-24201202<br /> http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=282177-2<br /> <br /> Reports seem restricted solely to the Nariño department of Colombia (where this photo was also taken). Online citizen reports (pictures)...only a single one I can find on the web, and it's taken by Brayan :)<br /> https://www.flickr.com/photos/129392105@N02/35335103413<br /> <br /> So I shall hereby post two photos, and become the world leader in photo contributions for this species. I expect people will now start holding open doors for me. Geotag removed to not help poachers too much.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/76120/passiflora_colombiana_-_front_view_colombia.html Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Fall,Geotagged,La Cocha,Passiflora colombiana,South America

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The Passiflora colombiana

Passiflora colombiana is a rare passionflower that was discovered and described in Nariño, Colombia.

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Similar species: Malpighiales
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Mar 14, 2019. Captured Oct 27, 2018 08:07.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/5.6
  • 1/250s
  • ISO1250
  • 400mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.