Dipladenia boliviensis

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Dipladenia boliviensis, Hook. Plant everywhere glabrous: sts. slender: Lvs. petioled, 2-3½ in. long, oblong, acuminate, acute at base, bright green and glossy above, pale beneath; stipules none: racemes axillary, 3-4-fld.; peduncles much shorter than the Lvs., about as long as petioles and pedicels; bracts minute at the base of the twisted pedicels; calyx - lobes ovate, acuminate, 3 lines long; corolla almost salver - shaped, tube and throat slender and cylindrical, the former ½ in. long, the latter twice as long and half as broad again; limb 1½ in. across; lobes broadly ovate, more acuminate than in D. atropurpurea. Bolivia. B. M. 5783. Gn. 44: 140. Gng. 7:342. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.

1. REDIRECT Mandevilla boliviensis