Fuchsia macrostigma is a species of flowering plant in the family Onagraceae. It is a shrub with red, funnel-shaped flowers. The fruits are ellipsoid berries. The species is native to Colombia and Ecuador, and was described in 1844.
The flowers of Fuchsia macrostigma are visited by hummingbirds.
Taxonomy The species was described by George Bentham in 1844.
It is part of a species group with Fuchsia denticulata, Fuchsia austromontana, Fuchsia harlingii, Fuchsia cochabambana, and Fuchsia magdalenae.
Distribution Fuchsia macrostigma is native to the wet tropical biome of Colombia and Ecuador (El Oro Province). It grows in moist cloud forests on the Cordillera Occidental, at elevations of . The species occurs on both sides of the Patía River.
Description Fuchsia macrostigma is a shrub that grows high. The branchlets are stout, thick, cylindrical or angled, and green to purple. The older branches are thick, and dull tan in colour.
The leaves are elliptical to obovate, and arranged oppositely, or are in groups of three. The leaves are long, and wide. The leaf edges have small teeth. The leaf stems are long.
The flower stems are long. The floral tube is pale to dark red, long, and narrowly funnel-shaped. The tube is wide at the base, and wide at the rim. The sepals are red with green tips, lanceolate-oblong, long, and wide. The petals are bright red, orbicular to obovate, long, and wide.
The fruit is an ellipsoid berry, which has eight grooves until it is ripe. The berry is long, thick, and covered with warts. The seeds are tan brown, long, and wide.
Ecology The flowers of Fuchsia macrostigma are visited by hummingbirds, including the White-throated daggerbill, Fawn-breasted brilliant, Brown inca, Collared inca, and the Tawny-bellied hermit.
Fuchsia macrostigma is sympatric with Fuchsia putumayensis, Fuchsia sessifolia, Fuchsia scabriuscula and Fuchsia sylvatica.
Hybrids Fuchsia macrostigma has been artificially hybridised with Fuchsia denticulata.
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