Sarmienta
| Sarmienta | |
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| Sarmienta scandens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Genus: | Sarmienta Pav.
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| Species: | S. scandens
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| Binomial name | |
| Sarmienta scandens (J.D. Brandis ex Molina)
Pers. | |
Sarmienta scandens, the Chilean pitcher flower, is a
family Gesneriaceae. It is native to the cool South Chilean rainforest, where it grows as an epiphyte
.
The Latin specific epithet scandens means “climbing”.[1]
Description
Reaching just 10 cm (3.9 in) tall by 50 cm (20 in) broad, it is a creeping
perennial with small oval leaves and pendent scarlet pitcher-shaped flowers in summer.[2]
Cultivation
In
sphagnum moss. It may be placed outside during the summer months, in a warm sheltered spot where the temperature does not fall below 5 °C (41 °F).[3] It may however survive brief periods down to 0 °C (32 °F).[2]
The plant is still widely advertised as Sarmienta repens, a name which is now regarded as
illegitimate.[4]
Sarmienta scandens has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[3][5]
References
- ISBN 978-1845337315.
- ^ ISBN 9781405332965.
- ^ a b "RHS Plantfinder - Sarmienta scandens". Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ "The Gesneriad Web: Sarmienta repens". The Gesneriad Society. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 95. Retrieved 31 October 2018.