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Sarmienta
Genus of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sarmienta scandens, the Chilean pitcher flower, is a species of flowering plant, and the sole member of its genus within the family Gesneriaceae. It is an epiphyte native to the cool temperate rainforest of southern and central Chile.
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The Latin specific epithet scandens means "climbing".[2]
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Description
Reaching just 10 cm (3.9 in) tall by 50 cm (20 in) broad, it is a creeping evergreen perennial with small oval leaves and pendent scarlet pitcher-shaped flowers in summer.[3]
Cultivation
In temperate regions it is usually grown under glass, either epiphytically or using a specialist potting medium containing leaf mould or sphagnum moss. It may be placed outside during the summer months, in a warm sheltered spot where the temperature does not fall below 5 °C (41 °F).[4] It may however survive brief periods down to 0 °C (32 °F).[3]
The plant is still widely advertised as Sarmienta repens, a name which is now regarded as illegitimate.[5]
Sarmienta scandens has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4][6]
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