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Sinningia macrostachya has a perennial stem base, very stiff leaves, and numerous small orange flowers. As can be seen in the picture below, the fleshy stems are joined to the woody trunk. Each year, the woody part of the stems extends a little. This can be seen at the right and at the lower left.
Jon Dixon got this plant from seed on his S. macrostachya.
| Plant Description | |
|---|---|
| Attribute | Information |
| Growth | Indeterminate |
| Growth | Erect stem, branching |
| Leaves | Green, very stiff |
| Dormancy | Stem base perennial, gradually extending. |
| Flowering | |
| Attribute | Information |
| Season | Late summer |
| Flower | Red, tubular, short |
| Horticultural Aspects | |
| Attribute | Information |
| Hardiness | Has survived 30 F (-1 C) in my yard with no leaf damage. However, 26 F (-3 C) in January 2007 not only killed the leaves, but caused the normally persistent stems to fall off. The large tuber still looks okay, but there are no visible living shoots (as of March 2007). |
| Recommended? | Sort of. The flowers are insularis- or mauroana-small, and not particularly interesting. The leaves are even-more-than-insularis stiff, however. That and the creeping trunk (see discussion below) make it worth growing. |
| Botany | |
| Attribute | Information |
| Taxonomic group | The lineata group of the Dircaea clade. |
| Nectaries | Two, separate, dorsal, usually with a blob of nectar remaining on each one after the corolla falls |
As Gesneria macrostachya by Lindley, in 1828.
As Sinningia macrostachya by Chautems, in 1990.
Etymology: macro- ("large") + -stachy ("stem").