First
the flowers, then leaves.
Plant on San Cristobal,
Galapagos.
Plant in Copenhagen Botanical
Garden.
Origin on
San Cristobal.
Stem of
very old plant.
Average
plant, 100 centimetres tall.
Flower in Copenhagen
Botanical Garden. |
| Author: |
Mark A. Hershkovitz, 1991
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| Family: |
TALINACEAE |
| Origin: |
San
Cristóbal; Galapagos; Ecuador |
| Soil: |
Grit - Perlite |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium - Maximum |
| Thickness: |
6
Centimetres |
| Height: |
120-150
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
White - Pink |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Calandrinia galapagosa,
H. St. John, 1937 |
This very endangered
member of the Talinacaea family was given this name by Mark A. Hershkovitz in
1991.
It is found only on the Galapagos island of San Cristóbal, down south, living in
nine
small areas on the slopes of a volcano. It grows in the well-drained
volcanic soil on a steep hill, receiving some water and some to lots of sun. The flowers are white
to pink,
and the plant can be reproduced both by seeds and by cuttings. Best results
in culture have been in pure perlite in a heated bed, but it worked
fine for me in lava-gravel on Galapagos.
The genera name is derived
from the Senegalese name for a certain species in Senegal. The
species name as it is found on one of the islands of Galapagos.
Although a detailed
morphological study is still required, it has been suggested that
Talinum galapagosum/Calandrinia
galapagosa
could consist of two or three distinct taxonomic groups: A white
morph (white flowers and green leaves), a pink morph (pink flowers
and violet leaves) and an intermediate morph (pinkish-white flowers,
greenish-violet leaves). The populations are found with quite some
distance in-between.
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