Ruellia biolleyi

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A highly distinctive Central American specialty. Loves wet forests, and high-quality ones at that. Most flowers of this species are pale purple or pink and white, but there are greenish-yellow morphs near the Atlantic coast in Costa Rica.

Has fleshy leaves. Sort of makes me want to eat it.

Wild collected, Costa Rica, Tripp & McDade #134 (DUKE); Photo by Erin Tripp

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