Monolena

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Monolena in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Monolena (Greek words referring to the single spur-like appendage on the anterior side of the anther- connective). Melastomaceae. About 5 species of stemless somewhat fleshy herbs from Cent. Amer., Colombia and Peru, one of which is a small hothouse foliage plant, cult.like bertolonia, and known to the trade as Bertolonia primulaeflora. All the species have a characteristic rootstock, composed of clusters of short thick rhizomes, prominently scarred by the falling of the lvs., and the fls. are numerous, and resemble a primrose about 1 in. across, 5-petaled, pink, and borne on slender scapes: lvs. long-petioled, oblong to orbicular, entire or dentate. See Bertolonia. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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