Re: wrong ID - Streptocarpus?
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: wrong ID - Streptocarpus?
- From: G* B*
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 08:37:13 +0200
>That hovering, butterfly-like flower reminded me of a plant I saw
>years ago, Streptocarpus saxorum, with dark green leaves and pale
>true blue flowers. I checked it at various sites online, and I think
>I have a form of it. Or maybe somehow I've starved and dried it so
>that the leaves are yellow and the flowers purple. One houseplant
>site says it should be watered often. Mine were outside in the sun
>in small pots so could have dried. Since I have two, I will
>fertilize one and keep it moister than the other, and see if I can
>get it to look like the plant I remember.
The Streptocarpus naturally only occur in damp, shaded, soak or streamside
areas. Definitely not a hardy, dry garden subject or in the sun. At their
best when seen semi lithophytically by waterfalls or the like. I have some
in the garden, but getting watered daily in summer. Regularly deadhead &
don't allow seed to set for extended flowering.
Regards
Glenn Breayley. Ragnarok & Valhalla Research.
POBox 26158, Hout Bay, 7872, Capetown, South Africa
Ph/Fax SA 021 7904253 E-mail valhalla@iafrica.com
Wholesale nurseryman & Tillandsia specialist wholesale & retail grower.
