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HERB. HORT. EDINB. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN img Aeschynanthus longiflorus Blume Det.: David Middleton 2007 ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH Cultivated Plants Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Gesneriaceae Aeschynanthus rhododendron Rid. Living collection info.: Garden Collector: Middleton, David J. No. 3693 Accession number & Qualifier: 19680624*A Collected: 15 JUN 2005 Garden Description: Epiphyte with arching stems. Stems green with brown speckles. Leaves mid green above, paler beneath. Pedicels and calyx very dark red. Corolla tube very dark red at base, becoming somewhat paler up the tube, lobes bright red outside, bright red inside at margin, with a black band and some black speckling inside that and then yellow at base and in tube. Filaments pale yellow at base, pale purple in upper half, anthers purplish-grey, pollen pale orange. Style white at base, pale purple at top, stigma brown. Source / donor: Woods, P. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Grown on from original wild collection: Collector: Woods, P.J.B. 600 Collected: APR 1968 Location: MALAYSIA: Selangor: Genting Highlands: Border of Selangor and Pahang, ridge approaching Gunong Bunga Buah at Uli Kali. Exposed ridge. ca 1,500 m. Description: Epiphyte growing on lower trunks; calyx and corolla scarlet xo} ) > tes co n a ad nom oe = | ) fo ° iS)
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