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I used to have a small plant of S. striata, indoors, under lights. It never bloomed, and never seemed happy. A stem had a few whorls of leaves, then died.
The plants of this "streaky" group seem to be of two types, horticulturally (at least for me). S. douglasii, S. piresiana, S. polyantha, and S. "Desafinado" are very easy to grow. The others (S. nivalis, S. rupicola, and S. striata) have never thrived under my conditions.
S. striata is one of the grandparents of Dale Martens's hybrid S. "Texas Zebra", which shows some of the striping of this species.
| Plant Description |
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| Growth | Indeterminate |
| Habit | Erect stem with leaves in whorls of three |
| Leaves | Green |
| Dormancy | Stems deciduous |
Flowering |
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| Inflorescence | Extended axis |
| Season | never? |
| Flower | Red, tubular |
Horticultural aspects |
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| Hardiness | No data yet. |
| Recommended? | Not until I figure out how to keep one alive. |
Botany |
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| Taxonomic group | The douglasii group of the Dircaea clade. |
Fritsch, 1900, as Corytholoma striata. Chautems, 1995, in Gesneriana 1(1), transferred it to Sinningia. Quoting from Gesneriana: "In 1989 Mauro Peixoto and I found this species growing on top of the Pedra Blanca, Minas Gerais; this mountain is the locality where the type material had been collected by Mosén in 1873. It differs from S. rupicola (Mart.) Wiehler by its much larger size, leaf shape and ecology."
Etymology: Latin striatus [from stria ("groove or ridge")]. Usually used in the sense of "striped".
Mauro Peixoto's Brazilian Plants site has a page about S. striata.