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 Photo# 17589 Specimen# R3338 Costus 'Pink Floyd' From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe |
 Photo# 17590 Specimen# R3338 Costus 'Pink Floyd' From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe |
 Photo# 17591 Specimen# R3338 Costus 'Pink Floyd' From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe |
 Photo# 17592 Specimen# R3338 Costus 'Pink Floyd' From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe |
 Photo# 17593 Specimen# R3338 Costus 'Pink Floyd' From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe |
 Photo# 17594 Specimen# R3338 Costus 'Pink Floyd' From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe |
 Photo# 17595 Specimen# R3338 Costus 'Pink Floyd' From Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe |
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PLANT FAMILY: Costaceae BOTANICAL NAME: Costus 'Pink Floyd' FORMAL SCIENTIFIC NAME: STATUS : CONTINENT: Neotropical SYNONYMS: BOTANICAL NOTES: Costus 'Pink Floyd' - On the main road into the Rio Nangaritza area we saw many hundreds of the white flowered C. guanaiensis plant that has nearly colonized parts of the region. As we sped by, Marco Jiménez suddenly noticed one he said was all pink, but we were going too fast and did not stop then. Over the next two days we were laughing and talking about his "Pink Floyd" plant and his father told how he used to have a Pink Floyd album but it disappeared after he got married - his wife did not like rock music. Anyhow, on the way back out Marco tried to spot it again and we stopped. So this one has earned the cultivar name 'Pink Floyd' if it is successfully propagated and stays true to color. We believe it to be a hybrid with Costus amazonicus that is also common in the area and was seen just across the road. Thumbnail sheet is athttp://www.gingersrus.com/images/P7593 ACCESSION NOTES: R3338 from Rio Nangaritza area |