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Photo of a perfect caudex: Ron Myhr.


Impressive flowers by Alan Lavergne, Gesneriads.info.

Author: Alain Chautems, 1990
Family:  GESNERIACEAE
Origin:  NE Argentina, S, SE Brazil
Soil:  Moss - Epiphytic
Water:  Medium-Maximum
Sun:  Minimum
Thickness:  12 Centimetres
Height:  35 Centimetres
Flower:  Pink
Propagate:  Seeds
Names:  -
Synonyms:  Gesneria douglassii, John Lindley, 1826.
Gesneria verticillata
Hook. ex Hanst. 1864.
Rechsteineria douglasii
 Kuntze, 1891.
Corytholoma douglasii
, Voss, 1894.
Sinningia polyantha
, Hans Joachim Wiehler, 1981 = Gesneria polyantha DC. 1839.
Rechsteineria polyantha
, Kuntze, 1891.
Corytholoma polyanthum
, Fritsch, 1906.
Corytholoma confertifolium, Fritsch.
Corytholoma verticillatum,
Fritsch.
Dircaea picta,
Lem.
Gesneria confertifolia,
Hanst.
Gesneria douglasii
var. verticillata, Hook.
Gesneria hookeri,
Decne.
Gesneria purpurea,
Lindl. & Paxton.
Rechsteineria confertiflora,
Kuntze.
Rechsteineria maculata,
Kuntze.
Rechsteineria tubulosa,
Hoehne.
Rechsteineria verticillata,
L.B.Sm.
Sinningia verticillata,
H.E.Moore.
Tulisma verticillata,
Raf.
Orobanche tubulosa,
Vell.
Orobanche umbellata,
Vell.
Orobanche verticillata,
Vell.

This member of the Gesneriaceae family was given this name by Alain Chautems in 1990. It is found in the Atlantic forest in southeast region of Brazil and in north-eastern Argentina, growing in the moss on trees, with quite some water and little sun. The caudex can grow up to twelve centimetres in diameter and the whole plant will raise for up to 35 centimetres. The flowers are pink. 

The genera is named after Wilhelm Sinning,1792–1874, a gardener of the Botanische Gärten der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. The species name in honour of David Douglas, 1799-1834, Scottish botanist.