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Gentiana siphonantha |
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| Common name |
gentian |
| Family |
gentianaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
dark blue-purple (summer) |
| Size |
4-10" |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
well-drained soil, not too dry |
Clusters of deep blue flowers over elongated leaves. At least, that's what my research told me. In fact, I got spotted creamy-white flowers. So it may be something different. Any thoughts?
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Lori Skulski | May 16, 2015 | eFlora of China says the flowers on G. siphonantha are dark blue-purple (as on the plants I grew from wild-collected seed). http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200018083
Perhaps G. tibetica? How broad are the basal leaves?
I've grown G. tibetica, and there are certainly similarities. So far, these "siphonantha" are considerably smaller plants than the G. tibetica were; I'll continue to observe and document with photos. |
- Seed from '10 trade. Baggy 70F with light (11%G, 9-30d).
Baggy 35F (6w) - 70F with light (70%G, 3-6d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 35F (6w) - 70F with light (75+%G, 4-14d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 35F (32d) - 70F with light (70%G, 10-30d)
Cold treatment apparently helpful.
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