| Family | GESNERIACEAE |
| Genus species | Didymocarpus praeteritus B.L.Burtt & R.A.Davidson |
| Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 21: 213 (1954) |
| Native Range | sc. China to ne. Myanmar |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | shady rocks |
| Altitude | 1800-2200m |
| Description | leaves opposite, petiolate, narrowly ovate to elliptic, adaxially densely appresed hirsute, eglandular, denticulate serrate, acute, cymes 1-5-flowered, corolla 3cm, glabrous |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | purple |
| 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) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |