Cape Primrose is a medium-sized, stemless herb up, growing up to 15 cm tall, with a slender horizontal rhizome and a rosette of velvety, blunt- tipped, strap-shaped leaves that grow up to 30 cm long.
( Cape Primrose )
This plant is closely related to African Violets and Gloxinia and requires similar care. Tubular, five-petaled blooms in shades of blues, purples and pinks are up to 2 1/2 inches long and grow in clusters.
Cape Primrose
Gesneriaceae
Streptocarpus sp. is related to African Violets and Gloxinias. They are easy to grow and require the same conditions as African Violets. Streptocarpus is native to Africa, Madagascar, and Asia.
Cape Primrose - Streptocarpus hybrids
May 2nd
Posted by Rupert Foxton-Smythe in Flowering House Plants ...
Cape primrose (Streptocarpus species)
Evening primrose (Oenothera species)
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Streptocarpus rexii Common name(s): Cape Primrose
Genus of about 130 species of annuals and perennials, some monocarpic, or rarely subshrubs, often found in rainforest, sometimes as epiphytes, and on damp banks and rocks or in grassland, ...
Other cultivated ornamentals include the African Cape primrose (genus Streptocarpus) and several rock garden and pot plants, e.g.
Despite their similar appearance, African violets are members of the Gesneriaceae family, which also includes houseplants such as florists' gloxinias (Sinningia speciosa syn. Gloxinia speciosa), cape primrose (Streptocarpus spp.) and columneas.
 See also: Primrose, Streptocarpus, Gesneria, Cattleya, Flag
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