Philesia

Plant Characteristics

Origin:	✈	?

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water:	◍	?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.

Scientific Names

Read about Philesia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Philesia (Greek, lovely). Liliaceae. An interesting shrub of extra-tropical South America, little grown. See Lapageria and Philageria. Species one, a woody plant bearing showy pendulous red lapageria-like fls. about 2 in. long. It is unlike the ordinary lily types with 6 similar perianth-segms., for it has distinct calyx and corolla parts of 3 sepals and 3 petals. It is closely allied to Lapageria, but differs in habit, in the calycine character of the outer perianth and the monadelphous stamens. It is said to live outdoors in the most favored localities of England and Ireland. Philesia is too slow-growing ever to become very popular. It is a short-jointed hard-wooded shrub, with rather leathery box-like leaves, and will grow to about 4 feet in height in time. The writer's experience with this plant was in a camellia house, in which a night temperature of 45° was maintained, the plants being firmly potted in a light peaty soil. It flowered but sparingly in the latter part of the summer. The flowers were borne only singly in the axils of the leaves. Cuttings may be rooted when taken from ripened growth, but require careful management in a cool temperature, and are usually several months in rooting. If one tries to grow philesia in a too high temperature, the general result is a good crop of thrips and a case of general debility, much as with Pernettya mucronata under similar conditions. Philesia is probably not extraordinarily hard to manage, provided it is kept cool and in a dewy atmosphere, but it will positively rebel against forcing. (W. H. Taplin.) CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.

Cultivation

Do you have cultivation info on this plant? Edit this section!

Propagation

Do you have propagation info on this plant? Edit this section!

Pests and diseases

Do you have pest and disease info on this plant? Edit this section!

Gallery

If you have a photo of this plant, please upload it! Plus, there may be other photos available for you to add.

• 

  photo 1

• 

  photo 2

• 

  photo 3

References

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

External links

• w:Philesia. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
• Philesia QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)