Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Loxostigma kurzii (C.B.Clarke) B.L.Burtt |
Synonyms | Didymocarpus kurzii C.B.Clarke |
Didissandra amabilis Diels | |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1800-3500m |
Description | leaves ovate, to 12cm long, petiolate, glabrous, dark green, scape 15-20cm, flowers 2-3, brown or purple variegate |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | greenish white, orange |
Bloom | 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 ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Assam , East Himalaya , Nepal ) Indo-China (Myanmar) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GESNERIACEAE
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