Titanotrichum oldhamii
piaba (Thu, 23 Jun 2005 11:58:57 PDT)
Titanotrichum is a rather oddball plant in the
Gesneriaceae. apparently it is native to taiwan and
there have been varying reports of its hardiness in
zone 7 in the US. years ago, bill price, from
vancouver, grew a prize-winning plant (best in show)
that was exhibited at the AGGS (american gloxinia &
gesneriad society) 2003 convention. see 2 photos
here:
http://aggs.org/conv2003/pictures/convplants/
scroll down to class 44.
jim, i thought you were a member of AGGS or
gesneriphiles???
tsuh yang
--- Tony Avent <tony@plantdelights.com> wrote:
Jim:
We have grown Titanotrichium oldhamii for many
years and it starts
flowering in late summer. It's quite a stunner.
Typical light shade
woodland conditions seem to be perfect for it.
At 02:14 PM 6/23/2005 -0400, you wrote:
Tony, you mentioned Titanotrichium oldhamii in your
list of hardy
gesneriads.
Although I've never seen it, I've never forgotten
the description of it in
the Elbert's Miracle Houseplants: evidently, it's
like a late-blooming 5
foot yellow foxglove. I'd say that there is
definitely a so-far-unfilled
garden niche for a plant like that!
Does it do well for you or does it just barely
survive? When does it bloom?
This plant has been in cultivation for over a half
century, yet it's
virtually unknown, so there must be a catch!
Jim McKenney
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