Cuphea oreophila

Cuphea oreophila also known as the sacred flower of the Andes is a Lythraceae perennial plant that grows into a small bush. Native to Guatemala and the Mexican state of Chiapas, it was first described by TS Brandegee and Rimo Bacigalupi in 1933.

Description
Cuphea oreophila has strongly veined lime-green leaves 2-3 in long and 1 - 1+1/2 in wide and narrow bright red trumpet-shaped flowers 1+1/2 or long. It grows to a maximum height of 10 ft in the wild but usually 4 ft tall and wide in cultivation. It has unusually large leaflike appendages.

The species is native to montane forests in Chiapas near its border with Oaxaca, at elevations of between 4500 and 5500 ft, and in 1982 was also collected in Guatemala.