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''[[Impatiens]] sodenii'' (syn. ''I. oliverii'') is known as Oliver's Impatiens or Oliver's Touch-me-not. Leaves to 20 cm long and 5 cm broad, in whorls of six to eight. Flowers white or pale pink, up to 6 cm diameter.
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Impatiens oliveri, Wright. Glabrous, reaching 4-8 ft., erect, the sts. pale green: lvs. 4-8 at a node, oblanceolate, acute or acuminate, to 8 in. long, dentate-ciliate: fls. 2 ¼ in.  across, pale lilac or rose-colored, almost white beneath, on 1-fld. peduncles about 2 ½ in. long; lateral sepals ovate and acuminate, much shorter than the petals; lip ovate, funnel-shaped, with abrupt reflexed mucro; spur 1 ¾ in.long, curved, slender; standard nearly orbicular, recurved and apiculate at apex; wings deeply 2-lobed, the terminal lobe obovate and the lateral obcordate: fr. oblong. Trop. E. Afr., 6,000-8,000 ft. altitude.—An excellent greenhouse subject and also useful in the open border. It makes a very showy plant when given cool greenhouse treatment, producing a bush 10 ft. through. Prop, readily either by seeds or cuttings, the former being produced freely.
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Latest revision as of 23:43, 9 March 2010


Starr 061205-1896 Impatiens sodenii.jpg


Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: ⇕ 2 m"m" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 2. to 3 m"m" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3.
Width: ⇔ 2 m"m" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 2. to 3 m"m" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Origin: ✈ Tropical E Africa
Cultivation
Features: ✓ flowers
Scientific Names

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Impatiens sodenii (syn. I. oliverii) is known as Oliver's Impatiens or Oliver's Touch-me-not. Leaves to 20 cm long and 5 cm broad, in whorls of six to eight. Flowers white or pale pink, up to 6 cm diameter.

More information about this species can be found on the genus page.


Read about Impatiens sodenii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Impatiens oliveri, Wright. Glabrous, reaching 4-8 ft., erect, the sts. pale green: lvs. 4-8 at a node, oblanceolate, acute or acuminate, to 8 in. long, dentate-ciliate: fls. 2 ¼ in. across, pale lilac or rose-colored, almost white beneath, on 1-fld. peduncles about 2 ½ in. long; lateral sepals ovate and acuminate, much shorter than the petals; lip ovate, funnel-shaped, with abrupt reflexed mucro; spur 1 ¾ in.long, curved, slender; standard nearly orbicular, recurved and apiculate at apex; wings deeply 2-lobed, the terminal lobe obovate and the lateral obcordate: fr. oblong. Trop. E. Afr., 6,000-8,000 ft. altitude.—An excellent greenhouse subject and also useful in the open border. It makes a very showy plant when given cool greenhouse treatment, producing a bush 10 ft. through. Prop, readily either by seeds or cuttings, the former being produced freely.


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