Corytholoma

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Corytholoma in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Corytholoma (referring to the helmet-shape). Gesneraceae. By some referred to Gesnera: a half-hundred or more leafy-stemmed tuberous herbs of Trop. S. Amer., with mostly red or speckled tubular fls. in terminal umbels or racemes, or solitary or few in the axils: lip of corolla erect, concave; disk 5-glandular; stamens didynamous. It is doubtful whether any of the species are in the trade. C. macropodum, Sprague, recently mentioned, is a glandular-hirsute herb, 6-9 in. high, from a subglobose tuber: lvs. 3-5 in. across, suborbicular: fls. in solitary axillary cymes, 5-7-fld., cinnabar-red, the corolla-tube about 1 in. long and nearly cylindric, the limb only slightly 2-lipped, the 3 lower lobes blotched purple. S. Brazil. B.M. 8228.—A handsome little plant. These plants are probably to be handled after the manner of gloxinias and similar things. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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