Columnea microcalyx

Columnea microcalyx, called the goldfish plant or orange columnea, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Columnea, native to southeast Mexico, Central America, Columbia and Venezuela.^[2] Its cultivar 'Superba' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[3]

Columnea microcalyx
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Gesneriaceae
Genus:	Columnea
Species:	C. microcalyx
Binomial name
Columnea microcalyx Hanst.[1]
Synonyms[2]
List Columnea gloriosa Sprague Columnea localis C.V.Morton Columnea lutea Donn.Sm. Columnea microcalyx var. macrophylla Donn.Sm. Columnea salmonea Raymond Columnea tuerckheimii Sprague