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This is a young plant I bought in the spring at a Cactus show, but I understand it had been imported from a
wholesaler in Belgium. I think it might be Sinningia iarae although the flowers are rather pale,
the name promises more. It hasn't been as strong or as compact as S.cardinalis but it seems to be
keeping its foliage through the winter and so I am hoping for a strong start in the spring. If it is S. iarae, the Gesneriad Reference web says: "S. iarae is a species that has been introduced to cultivation relatively recently, in large part because of the efforts of Mauro Peixoto of São Paulo, Brazil. The flower has the overhanging upper lip (“galea”) characteristic of related species, such as S. cardinalis and S. hatschbachii. In S. iarae, this galea is often reflexed (i.e. bent upward at the tip). The tuber of this species is usually exposed, in part above-ground. Many member of the genus grow in this manner, and these species often grow on rocky hillsides or cliffs." |
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| 29th June 2011 | ||
