Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Didymocarpus margaritae W.W.Sm. |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1500-1600m |
Description | leaves opposite, long petiolate, suborbiculate, adaxially appresed hirsute, eglandular, serrate to crenate, cymes 4-20-flowered, corolla ca. 2cm, tube cylindrical |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | orange |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
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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