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 Photo# 16017 Accession# R3229 Costus aff. allenii at Quindio Botanical Garden, Colombia |
 Photo# 16018 Accession# R3229 Costus aff. allenii at Quindio Botanical Garden, Colombia |
 Photo# 16019 Accession# R3229 Costus aff. allenii at Quindio Botanical Garden, Colombia |
 Photo# 16020 Accession# R3229 Costus aff. allenii at Quindio Botanical Garden, Colombia |
 Photo# 16021 Accession# R3229 Costus aff. allenii at Quindio Botanical Garden, Colombia |
 Photo# 16022 Accession# R3229 Costus aff. allenii at Quindio Botanical Garden, Colombia |
 Photo# 16023 Accession# R3229 Costus aff. allenii at Quindio Botanical Garden, Colombia |
 Photo# 16024 Accession# R3229 Costus aff. allenii at Quindio Botanical Garden, Colombia |
 Photo# 16025 Accession# R3229 Costus aff. allenii at Quindio Botanical Garden, Colombia |
 Photo# 16026 Accession# R3229 Costus aff. allenii at Quindio Botanical Garden, Colombia |
 Photo# 16027 Accession# R3229 Costus aff. allenii at Quindio Botanical Garden, Colombia |
 Photo# 16028 Accession# R3229 Costus aff. allenii at Quindio Botanical Garden, Colombia |
 Photo# 16047 Accession# R3305 Costus allenii at Jardin Botanico del Pacifico, Bahia Solano, Colombia |
 Photo# 16048 Accession# R3305 Costus allenii at Jardin Botanico del Pacifico, Bahia Solano, Colombia |
 Photo# 16049 Accession# R3305 Costus allenii at Jardin Botanico del Pacifico, Bahia Solano, Colombia |
 Photo# 16050 Accession# R3305 Costus allenii at Jardin Botanico del Pacifico, Bahia Solano, Colombia |
 Photo# 16051 Accession# R3305 Costus allenii at Jardin Botanico del Pacifico, Bahia Solano, Colombia |
 Photo# 16052 Accession# R3305 Costus allenii at Jardin Botanico del Pacifico, Bahia Solano, Colombia |
 Photo# 16053 Accession# R3305 Costus allenii at Jardin Botanico del Pacifico, Bahia Solano, Colombia |
 Photo# 16054 Accession# R3305 Costus allenii at Jardin Botanico del Pacifico, Bahia Solano, Colombia |
 Photo# 16055 Accession# R3305 Costus allenii at Jardin Botanico del Pacifico, Bahia Solano, Colombia |
 Photo# 16056 Accession# R3305 Costus allenii at Jardin Botanico del Pacifico, Bahia Solano, Colombia |
 Photo# 16057 Accession# R3305 Costus allenii at Jardin Botanico del Pacifico, Bahia Solano, Colombia |
 Photo# 16058 Accession# R3305 Costus allenii at Jardin Botanico del Pacifico, Bahia Solano, Colombia |
 Photo# 16059 Accession# R3305 Costus allenii at Jardin Botanico del Pacifico, Bahia Solano, Colombia |
 Photo# 16060 Accession# R3305 Costus allenii at Jardin Botanico del Pacifico, Bahia Solano, Colombia |
 Photo# 16061 Accession# R3305 Costus allenii at Jardin Botanico del Pacifico, Bahia Solano, Colombia |
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PLANT FAMILY: Costaceae BOTANICAL NAME: Costus allenii Bahia Solano form FORMAL SCIENTIFIC NAME: STATUS : CONTINENT: Neotropical SYNONYMS: BOTANICAL NOTES: I first saw this plant in 2012 at the Quindio Botanical Garden in Colombia and was told it came from Bahia Solano on the Pacific Coast of Colombia. In 2014 I visited the area and found it to be quite common there. After seeing a number of plants I have determined this to be a form of the species Costus allenii. See PID 3351 for further information about the species Costus allenii. This form has green non-appendaged bracts (red on the covered parts) forming a rounded cone similar to Costus glaucus. The lower bracts are not appendaged. Flowers are open labellum type, yellow corolla lobes, yellow labellum with reddish stripes. All plant parts are hairy with very thick long hairs on leaves and stems and pubescent bracteole and calyx. Thumbnail image page at http://www.gingersrus.com/images/R3229. |