Columnea ceticeps

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  • Photographer: Oscar Marin-Gomez
  • Grown by: wild plant in Colombia

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Columnea ceticeps was described in 2013.  The species is found in  Colombia and Ecuador and is a pendent epiphyte.  The specific epithet means “whale head” based on the way the profile of the corolla resembled a sperm whale with an open mouth.