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A pendulous evergreen perennial related to African Violets. The small, firm leaves are lanceolate in shape and a deep glossy green, hanging in pairs on the long and pendant branches. The deep orange-red flowers are curved in shape and produced in abundance in early autumn. Best in a hanging basket or on an old stump (in milder gardens). Can also be grown as a houseplant. This has been the most cold hardy species in the genus for us so far.
This is a pendulous evergreen perennial related to African Violets. The firm and narrow glossy leaves hang in pairs on the pendant branches. Bright red shiny calyces open to reveal a long tubular orange-red flower with spots in the mouth, very striking. Best in a hanging basket or on an old stump (in milder regions). It can also be used as a houseplant. This collection from the eastern Himalaya.
This is a pendulous evergreen perennial plant distantly related to African violets but with bright orange-red, long-tubular flowers. It is a member of the genus that gives us the “lipstick plant” - a common houseplant grown in hanging baskets. This epiphytic species is native to the Myanmar/Yunnan Frontier where it grows hanging from the trunks of trees alongside Agapetes spp. and orchids. This very distinctive species has long and linear but very thick and leathery leaves in pairs along the pendulous stems. Fine as a houseplant or in milder regions on an old log or stump where its pendulous branches can hang down.
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 rounded leaves are hairy with coarse teeth and the large and showy tubular flowers flare out strongly at the mouth. These are rich raspberry-pink in color and appear in mid-summer. A hummingbird favorite.
This species forms a basal rosette of soft green hairy leaves with the large (two inches long) white flowers on short stalks from the center of the plant. The flowers are enclosed for half their length in a fuzzy green calyx and feature a bright yellow flush in the throat - quite stunning. Native to southern China and Vietnam.
A member of the Gesneriaceae (African Violet family) native to the China/Vietnam frontier where it grows on mossy cliffs and as an epiphyte in trees. This is an evergreen herbaceous perennial with slowly creeping and pendulous stems lined with pairs of small, softly fuzzy leaves that are broadly elliptic-ovate in shape and with various amounts of cream variegation along the mid-rib. This collection features large “snapdragon-like” flowers of soft yellow – absolutely stunning. Very new to cultivation. We grow the various different species in moss-lined orchid baskets so the creeping stems can emerge from the sides and bottom. This collection has survived outdoors frozen solid for a week in a hanging basket – amazing. NOTE: This was previously sold as L. petelotii which was the closest known taxon this collection would key to in the flora. It has recently been given specific status as a newly described species from this previously relatively unexplored region.
A member of the Gesneriaceae (African Violet family) native to the China/Vietnam frontier where it grows on mossy cliffs and as an epiphyte in trees. This has narrow leaves that are glossy and deeply toothed. The glossy flowers are purple. Very new to cultivation. We grow the various species in moss-lined orchid baskets so the creeping stems can emerge from the sides and bottom. This collection is visually quite different from YuGu#080 in that the JSM# has leaves with a much thinner texture and they are more ovate in shape with a more strongly toothed margin.
A genus in the Gesneriaceae (African Violet family) native to China where they grow on mossy cliffs and rock faces. This is an evergreen herbaceous perennial with a very tight basal rosette of small, rounded, pleated and felted leaves covered with silvery hairs. The small lavender flowers are borne profusely on the short, upright stems. A striking plant for a container, terrarium or shaded rockery.
A member of the Gesneriaceae (African Violet family) native to China where it grows on mossy cliffs and rock faces. This is an evergreen herbaceous perennial with a very tight basal rosette of shiny and softly hairy, toothed and felted leaves from which arises very short stems topped with small white “snapdragon-like” flowers. A striking plant for a container, terrarium or shaded rockery.
A member of the Gesneriaceae (African Violet family) native to China where it grows on mossy cliffs and rock faces. This is an evergreen herbaceous perennial with a basal rosette of softly hairy leaves that have an attractive blue-green sheen, especially noticeable when young. The flowers are borne upon short upright stems and have white tubes with purple lobes and a yellow throat. The flowers are quite large in relation to the overall size of the plant. A striking plant for a container, terrarium or shaded rockery.
This is a member of the Gesneriaceae (African Violet family) native to Guangxi, China where it grows on mossy cliffs and rock faces. This is an evergreen herbaceous perennial with a basal rosette of softly hairy, dark blue-green and narrowly oblanceolate leaves. The large flowers are lavender-blue with white and yellow in the throat. The flowers are quite large in relation to the overall size of the plant. A striking plant for a container, terrarium or shaded rockery. This taxon is known from only two small populations in the wild and is considered critically endangered.
One of the best hardy gesneriads, this species has a basal rosette of evergreen leaves like most of the other genera in this family. This species features foliage that is quite fleshy and glossy and extremely rugose in texture – a stunning foliage plant. The flowers are in upright, open clusters and are bright yellow with a narrow mouth. Seems pretty hardy so far at the RSBG.