Lady's eardrops

Description

Fuchsia splendens, also known by the common name "Lady's eardrops", is a plant of the genus Fuchsia native to Central America. Shrubs that reach 0.5-2.5 meters in height, terrestrial or occasionally epiphytic. Leaves 3.5-13 × 0.8–4 cm, opposite or rarely ternate, ovate to chordate, base rounded to chordate, apex acute to acuminate Petiole 1.2–8 cm Bisexual flowers, axillary, pendulous armpits in the distal armpits Pedicels 35–75 mm Ovary narrowly cylindrical Floral tube 20-64 × 4–9 mm, cylindrical, laterally compressed in the base around the nectar Sepals 8-20 × 5–8 mm, lanceolate Tube and sepals pink to red Petals 6-12 × 4–8 mm, green with reddish base, ovate, subacuminate apex Filaments 10–20 mm and 6–14 mm, greenish Berries 20-40 × 5–8 mm, elongated, purplish dark when ripe