Diastema

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Diastema in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Diastema (two stamens). Gesneriaceae. Dwarf warmhouse plants of Trop. Amer. (about 20 species), allied to Dicyrta, Achimenes and Isoloma, and requiring similar treatment; differs from former two in having 5 distinct glandular parts to the disk rather than annular, and from Isoloma in the narrower parts of the disk, plants weak, fls. pale, white or purplish, and in the short or nearly globular anther-cells, and other features: summer- flowering. D. ochroleucum, Hook., has yellowish white fls. ; corolla somewhat swollen at base: lvs. ovate, acute, hairy, coarsely serrate, on hairy purplish erect sts. 1-2 ft. high. Colombia. B.M. 4254. D. pictum is offered abroad, but its identity is in doubt; see Isoloma. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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