Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Oreocharis aurantiaca Baill. |
Bibliography | Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn., Paris 1: 716 (1888) |
Native Range | sc. China (nw. Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
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 | perennial |
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 late summer; leaf cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Perantha aurantiaca (Baill.) Pellegr. Perantha forrestii Craib |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |