Sinningia rupicola

Feature table
External links
Publication and etymology

Sinningia rupicola is one of the douglasii-type species, with dark leaves and streaked flowers. Mauro's web site (see link below) states that S. rupicola grows in full sun and rocky soil. Mine only had a couple of anemic flowers before it died, so I provide links to pictures of better plants.

Feature table for Sinningia rupicola

Plant Description
Growth
Habit	Stem upright
Leaves	Dark green
Dormancy	Stems deciduous, but stubs remain on tuber
Flowering
Inflorescence	Terminal peduncle
Season	Blooms in summer
Flower	Red, streaked
Horticultural aspects
From seed	Three years to bloom, under my conditions
Hardiness	Survived 30F (-1C) in my yard
Recommended?	No. Mine were hard to keep alive -- and eventually impossible.
Botany
Taxonomic group	The douglasii group of the Dircaea clade.

External Links

A page of Mauro Peixoto's Brazil Plants web site, with pictures and habitat information.
A picture on the Gesneriad Society web site.
A picture on Ron Myhr's Gesneriad Reference Web.
Another GRW picture.
Another GRW picture of Judy Becker's almost-blooming plant at the 2002 AGGS convention.

Publication

As Gesnera rupicola by Martius, in 1829.
As Sinningia rupicola by Wiehler, in 1978.

Etymology: From Latin rupi- ("cliff", nom. sing. rupes) + -cola ("resident on").