Vanhouttea

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Vanhouttea (named for Louis Van Houtte, a Belgian nurseryman). Syn., Houttea. Gesneriaceae. Low branching appressed-hairy shrubs, probably adapted only to warmhouse culture: lvs. opposite, fleshy, crowded at the ends of the branches, lower surface more or less canescent-felty: fls. solitary, axillary, long-pedicelled, red or speckled; calyx-tube adnate to the ovary, 5-ribbed, lobes elongated, acute; corolla-tube elongated-cylindrical, lobes 5, rounded, spreading disk broad with 5 glands, the 2 posterior usually grown together; ovary almost entirely inferior: caps. with a twisted beak. About 5 species, Brazil. V. calcarata, Lem. (Houttea pardina, Decne. Gesnera pardina, Hook.). St. about 1 1/2 ft. high, erect, rather stout, terete, brown, branched: lvs. rather stoutly petioled, elliptical, acute, rather thick and fleshy, strongly serrated, downy above and more so beneath: peduncle axillary, solitary, 1-fld., shorter than the lvs.: calyx-tube turbinate, adherent with the lower part of the ovary, segms. large, acute, spreading; corolla 1 1/2 in. or more long, ochre-red, yellow within, spotted with deep red, especially the limb and tube inside; ovary semi-inferior, hairy, with 5 yellow glands. Brazil. B.M. 4348. H.U. 6, p. 289. Cult. probably as for achimenes and similar plants. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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