This is a rare look at the beautiful Lopezia grandiflora from mountain forests in Guatemala and neighboring Mexico.  This unusual Fuchsia relative puts on a dramatic show of blossoms that attract hummingbirds.  My camera has a hard time capturing their color, but they are a glowing reddish-pink that is super beautiful.  This is a choice collector's plant that is almost never seen in cultivation or for sale.  I don't know anyone else offering it.

Lopezia grandiflora is a small bush that grows about 5 feet tall and wide.  It has attractive leaves with an oily sheen that are about 6 inches long.  It flowers in fall or winter here in San Francisco, although it might bloom other times too if grown indoors, which i haven't tried.  The inch-long blossoms are shaped sort of like a sideways Fuchsia flower, and appear in big clusters and the ends of the branches.  As an nice surprise, they are tipped with blue pollen!