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Author:  Harold Emery Moore, 1954
Family:  GESNERIACEAE
Origin:  S, SE Brazil
Soil:  Mix
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Medium
Thickness:  10 Centimetres
Height:  30 Centimetres
Flower:  White - Pink - Lavender
Propagate:  Seeds
Names:  -
Synonyms:  -

This member of the Gesneriaceae family was described by Harold Emery Moore in 1954. It's from Sao Paulo and Parana States in Brazil. Give it a well-drained soil, some water and some sun, and the white, lavender or pink flowers will come. The caudex can grow up to ten centimetres in diameter, and the whole plant to 30 centimetres in height. Can only be reproduced by seeds. 

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 means well-formed.


The seeds, grit 5 mm.