QUICK FACT: Has only ever been seen at three locations in the Colombian Amazon.

THREATS: Illegal mining, plantations, and forest clearing threaten its host tree, causing habitat loss.

IMPORTANCE: It supports, and only grows with, its host tree, which itself is a rare tree endemic to Colombia.

Photo credit: Aída Vasco-Palacios

QUICK FACT: Has only ever been seen at three locations in the Colombian Amazon.

THREATS: Illegal mining, plantations, and forest clearing threaten its host tree, causing habitat loss.

IMPORTANCE: It supports, and only grows with, its host tree, which itself is a rare tree endemic to Colombia.

Photo credit: Aída Vasco-Palacios