Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Petrocosmea parryorum C.E.C.Fisch. |
Bibliography | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1926: 438 (1926) |
Native Range | Assam to e. Himalaya, n. Vietnam |
Primary Biome | Wet Tropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Description | leaves orbiculate to oblong or elliptic-ovate, finely hirsute, subcarnose, shortly petiolate, flowers ca. 12mm long, 10-12, in umbel |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | late 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 leaf cuttings in summer |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (VIE Vietnam) |