About Fuchsia splendens Zucc.
Fuchsia splendens Zucc. are shrubs that grow 0.5 to 2.5 meters tall, growing on land or occasionally as epiphytes. Their leaves measure 3.5–13 cm long by 0.8–4 cm wide; they are typically arranged oppositely, and more rarely grow in groups of three. Leaves have an ovate to cordate shape, with a base that is rounded to cordate, and an apex that is acute to acuminate. Leaf petioles are 1.2–8 cm long. Flowers are bisexual, axillary, and pendulous, growing in distal axils. Flower pedicels are 35–75 mm long. The ovary is narrowly cylindrical. The floral tube measures 20–64 mm long by 4–9 mm wide, is cylindrical, and is laterally compressed at the base around the nectar. Sepals are 8–20 mm long by 5–8 mm wide, and lanceolate. Both the floral tube and sepals are pink to red. Petals measure 6–12 mm long by 4–8 mm wide, are green with a reddish base, are ovate, and have a subacuminate apex. The two sets of filaments measure 10–20 mm and 6–14 mm long respectively, and are greenish. Ripe berries are 20–40 mm long by 5–8 mm wide, elongated, and dark purplish. This species has a chromosome number of 2n = 22. Its natural distribution ranges from Mexico to Costa Rica.
