Shape | Upright tuberous. |
Propagation | Seed, leaf cuttings or division. |
Cultivation | Grow under glass in filtered sun to partial shade in a well-draining, loamless compost soil. If growing outside plant in moist but well-draining neutral to moist soil. |
Pests | Glasshouse white fly and leaf hoppers. |
Notable Specimens | Fanshawe College, London Ontario, Canada.
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Bark/Stem Description | Upright stems and shoots with a covering of short, fine hair-like fibres. |
Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Insignificant small flower buds. |
Leaf Description | Broad obovate-pinnate leaves with a dense covering of short, fine hair-like fibres and average defined venation. Leaves grow terminally on stems in groups of 4. |
Flower Description | Long tube-like flowers that grow terminal racemes of 5 - 15 in the centre of the leaves. |
Colour Description | Silver-green foliage and stems. White hair-like fibres on the leaves and stems. Coral-pink blooms. |
Texture Description | Hairy. |