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Datasheet for Costus erythrophyllus Santa Maria form

Plant Datasheet for Costus erythrophyllus Santa Maria form

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Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area terminal infloresc - Click to see full sized image

Photo# 15911 Accession# R0
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area terminal infloresc

Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area - Click to see full sized image

Photo# 15912 Accession# R0
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area

Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area basal inflorescence - Click to see full sized image

Photo# 15913 Accession# R0
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area basal inflorescence

Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area long-appendaged bracts - Click to see full sized image

Photo# 15914 Accession# R0
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area long-appendaged bracts

Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area plicate leaves - Click to see full sized image

Photo# 15915 Accession# R0
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area plicate leaves

Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area, young plant purple undersides - Click to see full sized image

Photo# 15916 Accession# R0
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area, young plant purple undersides

Photo# 15917 Accession# R0
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area

Photo# 15918 Accession# R0
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area

Photo# 15919 Accession# R0
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area

Photo# 15920 Accession# R0
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria area

Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, small plant found above resevoir. - Click to see full sized image

Photo# 16062 Accession# R3306
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, small plant found above resevoir.

Photo# 16063 Accession# R3306
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, small plant found above resevoir.

Photo# 16064 Accession# R3306
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, small plant found above resevoir.

Photo# 16065 Accession# R3306
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, small plant found above resevoir.

Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino - Click to see full sized image

Photo# 16066 Accession# R3307
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino

Photo# 16067 Accession# R3307
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino

Photo# 16068 Accession# R3307
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino

Photo# 16069 Accession# R3307
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino

Photo# 16070 Accession# R3307
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino

Photo# 16071 Accession# R3307
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino

Photo# 16072 Accession# R3307
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino

Photo# 16073 Accession# R3307
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino

Photo# 16074 Accession# R3307
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino

Photo# 16075 Accession# R3307
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino

Photo# 16076 Accession# R3307
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino

Photo# 16077 Accession# R3307
Costus aff. erythrophyllus - Santa Maria, Quebrada Cristalino

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PLANT FAMILY: Costaceae
BOTANICAL NAME: Costus erythrophyllus Santa Maria form
FORMAL SCIENTIFIC NAME:
STATUS :
CONTINENT: Neotropical
SYNONYMS:

BOTANICAL NOTES:
In the state of Boyacá, Santa Maria area of the eastern Colombia Andes foothills, I found a plant that seems to be intermediate between Costus claviger and Costus erythrophyllus. The Colombians have placed it in C. claviger, but I think it is closer to C. erythrophyllus. It was found flowering both terminal and basal, has long bract appendages unlike those of C. claviger, and has somewhat plicate leaves. However some plants seen did not have the deeply lobed ligules of C. erythrophyllus and most did not have the characteristic purplish undersides to the leaves, so a determination is open to some interpretation. A collection there by B. Betancur in 2003 was det'd by N. R. Salinas as C. erythrophyllus.

ACCESSION NOTES:
R3306 from a steep slope above the resevoir and R3307 from seed collected along the Quebrada Cristalino.

GINGERSRUS CATALOG LISTING:
I found this beautiful form of the species Costus erythrophyllus in the eastern foothills of the Colombian Andes near Santa Maria de Boyacá. It makes a nice compact garden plant flowering at just a little over 1 meter (3 feet) tall and has the habit of producing many flowers at the same time instead of one at a time as in most Costus. It can flower both terminally as in these photos or at the base on a separate shoot. I am sure it would not be hardy in climates colder than zone 9B, but it has not been tested. It is compact enough to grow in a small greenhouse or well lit porch.

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