Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: johanneshoeller on December 28, 2007, 07:18:36 AM
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Does anybody know this Chinese plant? I mean it is not a Petrocosmea.
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Hans,
It looks like Chirita tamiana. The bud setup in the top right of the "leaves" picture is rather distinctive, unlike any other I have come across, but I am guessing there may be other Chirita that have it. I have one in flower here under lights at the moment. Flowers virtually all year around if happy. A rather nice little Gesneriad.
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Wow! That one is awsome i love it! Do you want to trade with me for Strep. caulescens?
Pleeease ;D ;D ;D
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Not sure whether it is me you're asking or not, Mike? I do have some seed pods on the plant at the moment. I actually removed 4 pods earlier today, just leaving two on there as I wanted to sow a few as I only have a single plant. No idea how soon they'll mature, as I haven't collected gesneriad seed before. I don't know Strep caulescens as a species, just the hybrid streps in the garden centres, and S. candida (which actually has flowers very similar to the Chirita tamiana).
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Hello Paul. Well my strep. never set seed for me. Can you please tell me how do you pollinate your plants?
I have also never grown gesneriads from seed. If the strep does njot set seed, i have kohleria rhizomes that i think i can send you
Mike =)
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Hans, have look at: http://www.gesneriads.ca/genchiri.htm (http://www.gesneriads.ca/genchiri.htm)
Luit van Delft
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Mike,
Our quarantine here in Aus means seed only, no bulbs/rhizomes etc. Mine hasn't set seed in the past from memory, but for some reason did this year. No idea why, but I'm not complaining!! ;D