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Diastema hispidum

September 28, 2018 by ofsmallthings

By the time I’d noticed this plant, it was close to blooming size, probably grown from seed on an order of plants from Ecuaflora.   In person the leaves look a bit more bronze than they do here.  So far it has been easy to grow and it flowered within a few months of germinating.  It is a vigorous grower and a big enough plant will flower more or less constantly. It’s reached about 9″ for me but may get larger […]

Categories: Blog, Plant Photo Library • Tags: Diastema, flower, gesneriad, hitchhiker

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Diastema species

December 7, 2015 by ofsmallthings

A very nice and easy to grow species of Diastema from Panama.  Unfortunately identification has to wait until someone flowers it.  This seems to be a common problem with gesneriads.  Many are easy to grow, but not that easy to flower. In this case, the beautiful bumpy textured hairy leaves and the mahogany colored new leaves, make it a pleasure to grow even if it doesn’t flower.

Categories: Blog, Plant Photo Library • Tags: Diastema, gesneriad, panama

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