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Accession Data:

Nautilocalyx pemphidius L.E.Skog

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Gesneriaceae Dumort.

  • Country of Origin: Venezuela: Cerro de la Neblina
  • Habitat: wet forest near streams, and plants are often found growing on rocks

  • Culture: Warm temps and relatively high humidity. Often grown in bowls or terraria.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201800065
  • Source: Dylan Hannon HBG 106695
  • Provenance:
    COLL:Venezuela; Terr. Fed. Amazonas, Dept. Rio Negro, near Lomas de las Pinas, 1.5km S of Neblina Base Camp, a saddle in upland trail, boulders and pits in forest, 215 m, vertical. DH 10120. 
    

    Additional provenance data on file but suppressed from public display.

  • Accession Date: 10-14-2018
  • Bench: 3111 - EVO: Equisetum & Cycads
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 05-30-2022

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Gesneriaceae
  • SubFamily: Gesneroideae
  • Tribe: Episcieae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018

References (internal):

  • Bullate Leaf
  • Type Species
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Venezuela

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Sunday, October 14, 2018.
  2. Nautilocalyx pemphidius at Gesneriad Reference Web. Last accessed on Sunday, October 14, 2018.
  3. Laurence E. Skog, Novae Gesneriaceae Neotropicarum II. A New Species of Nautilocalyx from Venezuela, Systematic Botany Vol. 14, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1989), pp. 281-283 (3 pages). Last accessed on Sunday, October 14, 2018.

data regenerated on Mon, 30 May 2022 10:51:01 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Nautilocalyx pemphidius

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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