Cyrtandra

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Cyrtandra in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Cyrtandra (name refers to the curved stamens). Gesneriaceae. A large group of tropical shrubs and trees, two or three of which are more or less known in cult. for their fls.; akin to Trichosporum (Aeschynanthus); warmhouse subjects. Lvs. opposite, or alternate by failure of one of the pair, membranaceous, or fleshy or leathery: fls. usually white or yellowish, in fascicles, heads or cymes; corolla-tube cylindrical, the limb more or less 2-lipped; perfect stamens 2, and 2 or 3 small staminodia. Nearly 200 species m the islands of the Indian and Pacific oceans and in China. C. pendula, Blume. Short and stout: Lvs. long-petioled, elliptic or lance-elliptic, acute, gray-blotched above: fls. white with brown calyx, 1½ in. long, the corolla inflated, and purple-dotted on lower side. Java. C. Pritchardii, Seem. Lvs. petioled, elliptic, obtusely toothed, acute: fls. small, white, in 3-fld. cymes. Fiji Isls. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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