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Elleanthus aurantiacus The Orange Elleanthus found on Cerro Montezuma grows from Nicaragua to Bolivia from 800 metres to 3,700 metres.  It was growing at about 2,500 metres here. Cerro Montezuma,Elleanthus aurantiacus,Orange elleanthus,Tatama National Park Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Elleanthus aurantiacus

The Orange Elleanthus found on Cerro Montezuma grows from Nicaragua to Bolivia from 800 metres to 3,700 metres. It was growing at about 2,500 metres here.

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Found from Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia as a small to large sized, warm to cold growing terrestrial or occasional epiphyte on rocky slopes, cliffs and clay banks at elevations of 800 to 3700 meters with a frequently branched stem carrying variable, lanceolate, mucronate, coriaceous, plicate, basally clasping leaves, that can bloom at any time of the year on a terminal, to 4" [to 10 cm] long inflorescence with ovate, lanceolate, acute to.. more

Similar species: Agaves, Aloes, Onions
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded Dec 6, 2019. Captured Aug 8, 2019 16:23.
  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II
  • f/5.6
  • 1/790s
  • ISO2000
  • 60mm