Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Oreocharis muscicola (Diels) Mich.Möller & A.Weber |
Synonyms | Didissandra muscicola Diels |
Briggsia penlopi C.E.C.Fisch. | |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 2400-3500m |
Description | leaves petiolate, narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, densely white appressed pubescent, serrate, acute, flowers 2-8 in cyme, corolla inside red to orange, 17-34mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow, 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 , Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya ) 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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