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Streptocarpus
Name - Pronounced strep-toe-KAR-pus, otherwise known as Cape primrose.Description
- There are innumerable Cape primrose hybrids with orchid-like or funnel-shaped
flowers, some of which have a striped throat or ruffled margins. Their leaves
are stalkless, wrinkled and grow in a rosette. Streptocarpus wendlandii, however,
has only one giant leaf with a purplish red underside and little funnel-shaped
flowers.
Origin - South Africa, tropical Africa, Madagascar,
Thailand and BurmaColours - White, blue, purple, pink and red.
Family - GesneriaceaeVarieties - Many hybrids
have appeared and this one is Streptocarpus wendlandii. There are smaller hybrids
like the blue to lavender-flowered Streptocarpus saxorum which can be used as
a hanging plant.
Care Tips - Bright to semi-shade position.
Room temperature all year round. Keep it moist but do not let it stand in water
or wet the leaves. Water less in winter.
Trivia - Easy to
propagate and almost any piece will root in warm, shaded conditions.
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