Description
___ Mitraria coccinea 'Lake Caburgua' A member of the Gesneriaceae (African Violet family) that is endemic to the temperate rain forests of coastal Chile and adjacent Argentina. This is a very rarely offered creeping/climbing epiphytic, very delicate and slow-growing "vine" (I really hesitate to use that word). Best in a hanging basket or in a cool greenhouse. Requires shade and a well-drained but organic soil, preferably with good humidity - not a plant for a hot or sunny location. The small ovate leaves are hairy with coarse teeth and the large and showy tubular flowers are deep scarlet-orange in color and tubular in shape, appearing in mid-summer to autumn. A hummingbird favorite. This is a selected, larger flowered form that was recently collected in the wild. ((+15) RSBG Large, blooming-size plants for $24.00-B