| Author: |
Karl Fritsch,
1894 |
| Family: |
GESNERIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Argentina,
Paraguay, Uruguay |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
10
Centimetres |
| Height: |
80
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
White |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Bulbs |
| Names:
|
Gloxinia |
| Synonyms: |
Gloxinia tubiflora Hooker,
1842.
Achimenes tubiflora, Britton.
Dolichodeira tubiflora, Hanst.
Gesneria tubiflora, Endl.
Gesneria tubiflora, Griseb.
Houttea tubiflora, Heynh. |
This member of the Gesneriaceae family was given this name by Karl Fritsch in 1894.
It's found in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. Give it some drained soil, some water and keep
it in light shade.
The bulb will grow to ten centimetres, the stems to 80 centimetres. It's
grows as a garden-plant for its fine white flowers, and can be
reproduced both by seeds and caudex-dividing.
The genera is named after Wilhelm
Sinning,1792–1874, a gardener of the Botanische Gärten der
Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. The species name after the
'tube-flower'. |
