Seemannia nematanthodes

Exhibited at the 2020 virtual show of the Gesneriad Society.

This can be a dramatic cultivar, as is apparent from the photo above. Normally it’s a trailing/sprawling plant, but the grower in this instance has used inconspicuous staking to make it a spectacular upright specimen.

Additional photos may be seen in a slideshow by clicking one of the links below:

A plant outside a Washington, DC, home, where the grower successfully grows them planted in the garden as a perennial
A different clone exhibited at the 2009 convention show of the Gesneriad Society, illustrating the long stringy propagules often characteristic of the species

Post navigation