Author: | Hans
Joachim Wiehler, 1978 |
Family: |
GESNERIACEAE |
Origin: |
South-East
Brazil |
Soil: |
Grit |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
8
Centimetres |
Height: |
40
Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Red |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
Gesneria bulbosa
Ker Gavler, 1818.
And more below... |
This member of the Gesneriaceae
family is found in eastern Brazil. It was given this name by Hans
Joachim
Wiehler in
1978. It doesn't need much water, but a lots
of sun. The flowers are red. The caudex will grow to eight centimetres
or way more, the
stem to 40 centimetres.
I got the seeds from Tsuh Yang in New York. He found them in Rio
de Janeiro, RJ State, Brazil
2001. He writes: "...as for bulbosa's tuber, it is light coloured
(sort of like ginger root) and it grows on rocks in beaches of Rio de
Janeiro. Some of those I saw, were at least 5 kgs, very big".
The genera is named after Wilhelm
Sinning,1792–1874, a gardener of the Botanische Gärten der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität
Bonn. The species name referring to the bulbs.
Sub-family:
Gesnerioideae, Tribe:
Gloxineae.
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