Achimenes Need Warm Location
Not only are Achimenes natives of the tropics, but their name means to suffer from cold. Hence, it is important to keep the bulbs in a warm location. The usual planting time is from January to April.
Achimenes
Family: Gesneriaceae.
Common name(s): Cupid's bower, Hot water plant Achimenes grandiflora DC.
Achimenes tubiflora
( Hot Water Plant )
Achimenes is a Mexican species, very distinct and unusual. Dormant, rhizomatous perennials, Achimenes are grown for their flowers that appear from summer to fall.
Monkey-Faced Pansy, Magic Flower
Scientific Name: Achimenes longiflora DC.
Synonym:
Family: Gesneriaceae ...
Achimenes species
Plants of Home and Garden
Start seed indoors in winter, surface sow at 65-70F/18-21C; grow at this temperature for several months before transplanting individually into 4" pots.
Achimenes 'Purple King' (Perennial Orchid Pansy)
Over the years, we have found a few of the normally tropical African violet relative, achimenes, that survive in our Zone 7b garden.
Like the Achimenes, this is another greenhouse plant to suffer from lack of popularity in recent years, until it is now generally believed to be a plant quite beyond the scope of the modern gardener.
Summer-flowering bulbs require the same basic planting and care as given for spring-flowering bulbs, only they are planted in spring instead of fall. Summer-flowering bulb favorites include achimenes, begonia, caladium, calla lily, canna, dahlia, ...
 See also: Green, May, Grass, Citrus, Lady
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