Hi there. I have been asked to identify this plant. It is growing in the gardens of an Opera House in Glyndebourne, U.K. The photographer thinks it might be Streptocarpus, but we aren't sure. Does anybody recognize this plant?
Welcome SSivertz. I believe it is a rare tender plant, Sinningia tubiflora. It is tuberous and related to Gloxinia. I supect it is growing in a pot, so that in winter it can be easily moved inside to a greenhouse. To be at Glyndebourne it has to be something special. The flowers are sweetly fragrant. Quote from 1st link......"These beautiful flowers were born on a very long flowering stem. The flowers were very fragrant, as well as beautifully shaped and of a very clear white. Note the "keyhole" opening, which when taken with the white color, the fragrance and the length of the tube, indicates likely pollination by a moth with a long proboscis." http://www.gesneriads.ca/sinni147.htm http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...4XhCw&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=23&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0 http://yhst-27104608415819.stores.yahoo.net/sinningia-tubiflora.html A print from 1842.... http://www.gesneriads.ca/gloxinia_tubiflora.htm .
Does anyone know of a nursery (preferrably in the Pacific Northwest) that carries Sinningia tubiflora?