Achimenes tubiflora

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Achimenes tubiflora in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Achimenes tubiflora, Nichols., Suppl. p. 483 (Gloxinia tubiflora, Hook. Dolichodeira tubiflora, Hanst.). St. short, with opposite oblong-acuminate, crenate, short-petioled lvs.: fls. 4 in. long, curved, gibbous at the base, the tube downy, the pedicels opposite and 2 in. long. Argentina. B. M. 3971—Tubers solid, much like a potato. A. amabilis, Decne.: Naegelia multiflora. — A. atrosanguinea, Lindl. :A. foliosa.—A. candida, Lindl.: Dicyrta Candida.—A. cupreata Hook.:Episcea cupreata. — A. foliosa, Morr. Lvs. cordate, unequal fls. crimson, with saccate tube 1 in. long, with narrow limb. Guatemala. — A. gloxiniaeflora, Forkel.:Gloxinia glabrata.— A. hirsuta, DC. Loose grower: st. bulbiferous: fls. rather large, with swollen tube and oblique limb, rose, with yellow and spotted throat. Guatemala. B.M. 4144. P.M. 12: 7. Once popular.—A. Kleei, Paxt. Dwarf: fls. pink - purple. P.M. 16: 289. Form of A. longiflora.—A. lanata, Hanst. (Scheeria lanata, Hanst.). Woolly or white-hairy: fl. pinkish or lilac, large and showy. Mex. B.M. 4963 (alt. to 4954).—A. multiflora, Gardn. Hairy: lvs. broad-ovate: fls. blue, fringed. Brazil. B.M. 3993.—A. picta, Benth.:Tydaea picta. —A. rosea, Lindl. Fls. pink or rose, the peduncles many-fld. Guatemala.—A. Scheerii, Hemsl. (Scheeria mexicana. Seem.). Erect, with purple or blue, large and showy fls. Mex. B.M. 4743. —A. Skinneri, Gord.,:A. hirsuta.—Garden forms and hybrids are A. floribunda, A. intermedia, A. Jayii, A. Mountfordii, A. naegelioides, A. nana, A. venusta (P.M. 15:121), A. Verschaffeltii. L. H. B. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.

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References

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

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