Identification: The Bloedel Conservatory, red flowers

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  1. Nadia White Rock

    Nadia White Rock Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    I already posted that plant but didn't have any suggestions about its name. Now more flowers and maybe it gets more recognisable?
     

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    wcutler Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator VCBF Cherry Scout 10 Years

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    I keep coming back to Gesneriaceae, but this plant seems to be much less fuzzy than most of those, and I'm not finding anything that quite fits. Maybe some type of Sinningia? Like here's a Sinningia 'Tampa Bay Beauty' that doesn't look all that fuzzy and has a similar flower arrangement. Well, the flower arrangement is more clear in this photo.

    But usually, if I can't find anything in the family I'm chasing down, it's the wrong family.

    Seeing close-up if there are hairs and what the inside of the flowers and the calyxes look like, and the underside of the leaves, might help. Or it might just help rule things out.
     
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    wcutler Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator VCBF Cherry Scout 10 Years

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    I went to see this plant today, am adding some not-great photos, but maybe they'll help with the inflorescence, flower details and square-ish stems.

    The leaves are so not-fuzzy that Gesneriaceae seems not so likely.
     
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    Nadia White Rock Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Ruellia brevifolia looks correct too. At least I believe it is Ruellia. Thank you, Wendy
     
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    I think the R. brevifolia leaves look too narrow, from the photos that come up anyway.
     

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