Fuchsia caucana SEEDS

Fuchsia caucana seeds grow into the Cauca fuchsia a shrub native to the wet tropical biome of the Colombian Andes, in the Cauca department and surrounding cordillera. Described by Pav. ex D.C.Eaton. The epithet caucana means ‘from Cauca’, referring to the Cauca department and the Cauca River valley in south-western Colombia. A tubular-flowered Andean fuchsia producing pendant, tubular flowers typical of the hummingbird-pollinated Andean species; grows in cloud forest and montane scrub at altitude. Family Onagraceae.

Full sun to partial shade; moist, well-drained fertile soils; cool subtropical Andean conditions. Cold-sensitive below 5C.

• ‘Caucana’ = from Cauca, SW. Colombia; Pav. ex D.C.Eaton; tubular pendant flowers; hummingbird-pollinated
• Cloud forest and montane scrub shrub; Andean Colombian species; cool subtropical conditions
• Colombian Andes (Cauca dept.) wet tropical biome; cloud forest at altitude
• Genus Fuchsia: ~110 species; Americas and Pacific; Family Onagraceae; Order Myrtales
• Full sun/partial shade; moist fertile soils; cool subtropical Andean; cold-sensitive; Family Onagraceae

Fuchsia caucana the Cauca fuchsia is a Colombian Andean cloud forest species from the Cauca River highlands of south-western Colombia, one of the many hummingbird-pollinated tubular Fuchsia species that define the rich cloud forest flora of the northern Andes.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.