Columnea

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Read about Columnea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Columnea (after Columna or Colonna, Italian writer on plants, sixteenth century). Ges- nerAcex. Tropical American shrubs and climbers, sometimes grown under glass in choice collections. Flowers widely gaping, showy, often 2 in. long: Lvs. opposite, nearly equal or widely unlike: fls. solitary or numerous, axillary, stalked or not, without bracts or with bracts in an involucre; corollas scarlet, carmine or yellowish.—A group of 100 species of which half a dozen mostly red- or orange- fld., are cult, abroad and may be known to a few fanciers at home, but are not advertised by the dealers. They are warmhouse evergreens requiring the treatment of Trichosporum (Aeschynanthus). C. glabra, Oerst, var. major. Fls. scarlet; stamens white. Costa Rica. — C. magnifica, Klotsach A Hanst. Corolla bright scarlet; tube inflated about the middle. Costa Rica. G.C. III. 43:60. — C. Oerstcdi&na, Klotzsch. Epiphytic undershrub or herb: fls. scarlet. Costa Rica. B.M. 8344. N. Taylor. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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