Author: |
Harold Emery Moore,
1973 |
Family: |
GESNERIACEAE |
Origin: |
SE Brazil |
Soil: |
Rich |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
6
Centimetres |
Height: |
30
Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Bright
Red |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
|
Cardinal
Flower, Helmet Flower |
Synonyms: |
Gesneria
cardinalis, Lehmann, 1850.
Gesneria macrantha, Spreng.
Rechsteineria cardinalis Kuntze, 1891.
Dircaea
cardinalis, Regel, 1853.
Corytholoma cardinale,
Fritsch, 1894.
Corytholoma melittifolium, Brongn. ex Decne.
Dircaea lobulata, Lem.
Dircaea macrantha, Lem.
Gesneria lateritia, Paxton.
Gesneria melittifolia, Brongn.
Gesneria umbellata, Decne.
Rechsteineria umbellata, Hjelmq. |
This member of the
Gesneriaceae family was given this name by Harold Emery Moore in 1973. It is
found in south-eastern Brazil, growing in sphagnum peat moss or other forms of
well-drained soil with some water, high humidity and some sun. The
caudex will get six centimetres or more in diameter, the stems will
get 30 centimetres high. The flowers are, as the name indicates, bright red. It can be reproduced both by seeds and cuttings.
SubFamily:
Gesnerioideae, Tribe:
Gloxineae
The genera is named after
Wilhelm Sinning,1792–1874, a gardener of the Botanische Gärten
der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
The species name
actually means 'essential,' but referring to the 'cardinals robes'
colour. |