Sinningia ‘Deep Purple Dreaming’

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  • Previous Name: Sinningia 'Deep Purple'
  • Photographer: Ron Myhr
  • Grown by: Bev Williams

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This is an interesting hybrid by Dave Zaitlin of a very large growing species and a very small growing species — Sinningia sellovii and S. concinna, respectively. The generally upright (albeit floppy) habit and semi-pendant flowers are a characteristic of the sellovii parent, while concinna has lent its smaller size and spotting in the throat of the flower.

Like S. sellovii, this cultivar can produce a substantial tuber, with the surface of the tuber usually level with the surface of the ground.

Additional photos can be seen in a slideshow by clicking one of the links below.