Fuchsia coccinea

Also known as Scarlet Fuchsia, Brazilian Fuchsia

Scarlet fuchsia anchors itself in the misty understory of southeastern Brazil's montane Atlantic Forest, producing graceful pendulous blossoms with reflexed crimson sepals and rich violet petals. These hanging nectar reservoirs evolved in close tandem with native hummingbirds, whose long beaks probe the tubular corollas in midair. Introduced to European botanical gardens in the late eighteenth century, this sprawling woody shrub became one of the key horticultural ancestors of modern cultivated fuchsias.