Kohleria bogotensis

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Isoloma bogotense, Nichols. (Achimenes picta, Benth., B.M. 4126, 1844. Tydaea picta, Decne., R.H. 1848:468. Kohleria bogotensis, Fritsch, in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenf. IV. 36, 178, 1893. Isoldma Tydaea, Bailey, Cyclo. Amer. Hort. 836, 1900. Isoloma pictum, Hort., not Planch.). Fig. 1997. One to 2 ft., hairy: lvs. cordate-ovate, coarsely serrate, spotted and reticulated with pale green or silvery green, with a broad light zone down the center: fls. single, on long axillary sts., nodding, the orifice oblique and lobes obtuse, the upper longitudinal half of the fl. red, the lower half yellow and red-spotted. Colombia. B.M. 4126 (adapted in Fig. 1997). B.R. 31:42. F.S. 1:17, 18. I. pictum, Planch., F.S. 6:586 (Gesneria picta, Hook. B.M. 4431), is a different plant, apparently not in commerce. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.