Dipladenia atropurpurea

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Read about Dipladenia atropurpurea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Dipladenia atropurpurea, DC. (D. Marie Henrietta, Hort.). Fig. 1274. Glabrous: Lvs. ovate- acute, about 2 in. long, acute at the very base: racemes axillary, 2-fld.; peduncles a little longer than the Lvs.; pedicels twisted, bracted; calyx-lobes lanceolate-acuminate, a little shorter than the pedicel, and a third as long as the cylindrical part of the corolla (of which the tube is about 2 in. long); corolla dark purple inside and out, tube funnel-shaped above the middle; lobes triangular, wavy, spreading, shorter than the dilated part of the tube. Brazil. B.R. 29:27 (as Echites). Gn. 44:488. I.H. 42:33. Gt. 43, p. 548. Var. Clarkei, Hort. Lvs. rather small: fl. deep crimson shaded velvet-black, about 2½ in. across, the tube paler. Gn. W. 8:661.—D. atropurpurea is a handsome species, but considered to be a shy bloomer. CH


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