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Petrocosmea minor



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3rd June 2007


A small growing species - I watered it and then worried about the water trapped on the corrugated leaves, so promptly fetched some kitchen towel and dried it off! Fortunately as the season has progressed I have become more careful with the water, and less obsessive (marginally) in my behaviour.
From south east Yunnan, China.
The Cambridge Botanic Garden site says:

"This is a tender species requiring protection from excess moisture. It has rosettes of downy, kidney-shaped leaves, and five-lobed, open, white-throated, bell-shaped flowers. Introduced into cultivation in the 1990’s P. minor is endemic to Yunnan in south-central China where it grows in subtropical zones on shaded limestone rock faces at altitudes between 1000 and 2200m. In cultivation it requires cool, frost-free conditions and protection from rain."


28th November 2008 11th November 2008 20th December 2009
My plant has produced a couple of purple flowers. This plant was photographed in the Alpine house at Wisley, and shows what it is capable of.



13th November 2011