| Author: |
Albert Charles Smith, 1935 | |
Family: |
ERICACEAE |
| Origin: |
Bolivia, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela |
| Soil: |
Mix - Epiphytic - Rocks |
| Water: |
Medium - Maximum |
| Sun: |
Minimum - Maximum |
| Thickness: |
100 Centimetres |
| Height: |
60-600 Centimetres |
| Flower: |
Red / White |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names: |
- |
| Synonyms: |
Thibaudia rupestris,
Kunth, 1819.
Thibaudia nitida, Kunth, 1819.
Psammisia rupestris, Klotzsch, 1851.
Psammisia nitida, Klotzsch, 1851.
Psammisia glabra Klotzsch, 1851.
Psammisia costaricensis, Klotzsch,1851.
Psammisia alpicola, Klotzsch 1851.
Macleania turrialbana, Donn. Sm. 1899.
Macleania trianae, Hoerold, 1909.
Macleania sodiroi, Hoerold, 1909.
Macleania pilgeriana, Hoerold, 1909.
Macleania nitida, Hoerold, 1909.
Macleania glabra, Hoerold, 1909.
Macleania elliptica, Hoerold, 1909.
Macleania ecuadorensis, Hoerold, 1909.
Macleania costaricensis, Hoerold, 1909.
Macleania alpicola, Hoerold, 1909.
Macleania robusta, Rusby, 1920.
Macleania irazuensis, S.F. Blake, 1922.
Macleania euryphylla, S.F. Blake, 1924.
Macleania attenuata, Fedtsch & Basil. 1926.
Macleania reducta, A.C. Sm, 1932.
Macleania racemosa, Cufod. 1933.
Cavendishia nitida, A.C. Sm. 1935. |
This member of the
Ericaceae family
was given this name by Albert Charles Smith in 1935. It is found in Bolivia,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Venezuela, growing
as an epiphyte on trees or rocks, or in a well drained soil with some to
lots of water and little to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to 100 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant
from 60 to 200 centimetres in height with additional six metres vines,
or as a little tree! The flowers are red with a slim white edge.
The genera name after
John Maclean, 19th century Scottish merchant who exported plants
from Lima, Peru. The species name from Latin; rupes; rock and the
ending means; 'living among'. |
