A handsome species reported from Colombia and Ecuador, and here at the botanical gardens of Bogota.  One of the species known as Amarrabollis.   In context at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/melastomes/index.html">www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/melastomes/index.html</a>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/92252798@N07">Dick Culbert</a> from Gibsons, B.C., Canada
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