| Family | GESNERIACEAE |
| Genus species | Cathayanthe biflora W.Y.Chun |
| Bibliography | Sunyatsenia 6: 283 (1946) |
| Native Range | Hainan |
| Primary Biome | Wet Tropical |
| Habitat | shady rocks |
| Altitude | 2300-2400m |
| Description | leaves long petiolate, obovate to elliptic, 5-12cm adaxially sericeous, subentire, obtuse, flowers 1-2 in cyme, peduncles brown pubescent, corolla 2-5cm |
| Size | 7-12cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHH Hainan) |