Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Oreocharis aurantiaca Baill. |
Synonyms | Perantha aurantiaca (Baill.) Pellegr. |
Perantha forrestii Craib | |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1000-3400m |
Description | leaves oblong, corrugate, crenate, adaxially silvery hirsute, abaxially light brown, flowers up to five on slender scape, corolla long, bilabiate, calyx red |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | bright orange |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | + |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in spring and in late summer; leaf cuttings in summ |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GESNERIACEAE
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