About Columnea ambigua (Urb.) B.D.Morley
Columnea ambigua, also known as Tibey de Cresta, bears glossy green egg-shaped leaves. Its yellow flowers have green or red calyxes, and are held up by slender pedicels. Researchers assume the species' floral morphology is an adaptation for pollination by hummingbirds. After pollination, the plant produces spherical snow-white berries, each approximately 7 millimeters in diameter. This species can be distinguished from other members of the Columnea genus by the ratio of corolla tube length to corolla lobe length.
