''Eucrosia eucrosioides'' is a species of
plant that is found in south west
Ecuador and north
Peru. Its natural
habitats are seasonally dry lowland areas.
It grows from
bulb
In botany, a bulb is structurally a short stem with fleshy leaves or leaf basesBell, A.D. 1997. ''Plant form: an illustrated guide to flowering plant morphology''. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K. that function as food storage organs duri ...
s 3–4 cm in diameter. The stalked (
petiolate
Petiole may refer to:
*Petiole (botany), the stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem
*Petiole (insect anatomy)
In entomology, petiole is the technical term for the narrow waist of some hymenopteran insects, especially ants, bees, a ...
) leaves are glaucous and have blades (laminae) 25 cm long by 20 cm wide. The
zygomorphic flowers are orange, produced in an
umbel; the
stamen
The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10
Morphology and terminology
A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...
s have prominent long filaments. In its natural habitat, flowering is August to October. The flowers are thought to be adapted for butterfly pollination, but a single report of hummingbird visitation is recorded for this species.
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In cultivation, plants should be kept warm and dry when the leaves wither, and watered only when the flowers or leaves begin to grow again, when a sunny position is required.
References
External links
Image of ''E. eucrosioides''fro
The International Bulb Society website
Flora of Ecuador
Flora of Peru
eucrosioides
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