Author: | Harold
Emery Moore,
1973 |
Family: |
GESNERIACEAE |
Origin: |
Brazil,
Paraguay |
Soil: |
Peat -
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
25
Centimetres |
Height: |
15-30
Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Red |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
|
Big Foot
Glox |
Synonyms: |
Corytholoma macropodum, Sprague, 1908.
Rechsteineria
macropoda, C.H.Curtis, 1932.
Corytholoma cyclophyllum, Dusén ex M.Laurent.
Rechsteineria cyclophylla, Hjelmq. |
This member of the Gesneriaceae
family was
given this name by Harold Emery Moore in 1975. It is found in Brazil
and Paraguay,
growing in well drained but rich soil with some water and some sun. The caudex can grow up
to 25 centimetres in diameter and the whole plant will raise for
up to 15 or even 30 centimetres. The flowers are red.
The genera is named after
Wilhelm Sinning,1792–1874, a gardener of the Botanische Gärten der
Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. The species name means
"bigfoot". |