This interesting cultivar is grown primarily for its attractive marbled maroon and green foliage. It has been grown and distributed under other names, including A. marmoratus and A. zebrina. With A. speciosus, it is the parent of the very popular hybrid A. ‘Black Pagoda’.
The feature plant above was exhibited at the 2025 spring show of the Toronto African Violet and Gesneriad Society, in a class for plants grown for foliage.
While the green flowers blend into the foliage from a distance, close-up they have an interesting form, as well as attractive markings around the edge of the corolla lobes.
A. longicaulis is widely distributed in Burma, Vietnam, Thailand and peninsular Malaysia.
The feature image above was exhibited in the 2021 virtual show of the Gesneriad Society.
Additional photos may be seen in a slideshow, by clicking one of the links below:
- Another large show plant
- Another view of a flower and foliage
- A large plant grown at Fairchild Tropical Gardens in Florida
- A close-up of a flower on this large plant
- A flower cluster on another plant
- A flower close-up nicely illustrating the marbled and red-backed foliage
- An illustration of both flower and foliage
