Author: |
Harold Emery Moore, 1954 |
Family: |
GESNERIACEAE |
Origin: |
S, SE Brazil |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
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Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
10
Centimetres |
Height: |
30
Centimetres |
Flower:
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White - Pink - Lavender |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
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Synonyms: |
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This member of the Gesneriaceae family was described by Harold Emery Moore in
1954. It's from Sao Paulo and Parana States in Brazil. Give it a
well-drained soil, some water and some sun, and the white, lavender or
pink flowers will come. The caudex can grow up to ten centimetres in
diameter, and the whole plant to 30 centimetres in height. Can only be reproduced by seeds.
SubFamily:
Gesnerioideae, Tribe:
Gloxineae
The genera is named after
Wilhelm Sinning,1792–1874, a gardener of the Botanische Gärten der
Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
The species name means
well-formed.
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