Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Didymocarpus margaritae W.W.Sm. |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 151 (1912) |
Native Range | sc. China (s. Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady 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 | 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |