When time and funding permit, each flower (each plant species) will have its own page, and its own PDF, and eventually its own PPT so that professors and students have plenty of material on Guatemala (and Honduras, etc) to study.
Heliconia adflexa, Coban, Guatemala, Hotel Monja Blanca, FLAAR, by Nicholas Hellmuth
This space is for flowers we have recently found and photographed.
Catopsis is a genus of bromeliad whose name comes from the Greek word “katopsis” meaning view. Perhaps this name is given to this genus because they are most often found taking in the view from their perches high in tres (Booth, n.d.).
What is interesting about Catopsis berteroniana is that is considered carnivorous, it traps insects and use them as a sort of nutrients. You can find this curious plant in the treetops, since is an epiphyte plant. It is distributed in the whole continent of America in humid forests, dry forests and mountain mesophilic forests, from 0 to 1200 meters above sea level in warm humid or sub-humid, semi-warm humid and temperate humid climates. You can find more useful information in the bibliography we have created for you.
Taxonomy:
ORDER
Poales
FAMILY
Bromeliaceae
SUBFAMILY
Tillandsioideae
GENUS
Catopsis
SPECIES
Catopsis berteroniana
COMMON NAME
Pata de gallo, pie de gallo, Jungle lantern, Yellow strap plant.
Photography by Victor Mendoza with a Sony RX10 IV camera.
Settings: 220mm, 1/250 sec, f/4, ISO 125
PDF, Articles, Books on Catopsis berteroniana
BENZING, David H.
2003
The origin and rarity of botanical carnivory. Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Volume 2, Issue 12, Pages 364-369.
MONDRAGON, Demetria, VILLA, Dulce, ESCOBEDO, Guadalupe and Alma FRANCO
2006
La riqueza de bromelias epífitas a lo largo de un gradiente altitudinal en Santa Catarina Ixtepeji, Oaxaca, México. Naturaleza y Desarrollo, Vol. 4, No 2.
