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A white flowered form of a tuberous gesneriad from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. I don't find it very vigorous and it certainly isn't as cold tolerant as the red form (neither will tolerate freezing). Burwur.net says: "Sinningia cardinalis 'Innocent', with pure white flowers, was introduced in 1967. The flowers are the regular cardinalis shape, with a galea, but without the red pigmentation. Since just one functioning red-pigment gene would be enough to give the flower at least some amount of reddish tinge, it is most likely that both copies of the red-pigment gene in Sinningia cardinalis 'Innocent' are defective. This is borne out by the fact that S. cardinalis 'Innocent' comes true from seed. If the white flower were dominant, at least a few of the offspring of S. cardinalis 'Innocent' should be red-flowered." I got my plant from Dibleys, their label said: "A low growing plant with dark green foliage that is covered in fine downy hairs. Long white flowers are produced freely over a long period." |
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| 17th June 2012 | ||
