Ipomoea horsfalliae Hook.
Tender, evergreen twiner, the leaves with usually five, lanceolate leaflets, the flowers tubular-trumpet-shaped, a very deep, rich, rose colour. [RHSD, Hortus].
Horticultural & Botanical History
‘In so extensive a Genus as the present, and where many of the species are necessarily very imperfectly described it behoves us to constitute new ones with great caution: and it is not until after a careful comparison of the present individual, unquestionably one of the most beautiful, with all the descriptions to which I have had access, and with a most extensive collection of the Genus in my Herbarium, that I have considered it to be new, and have given it the name of the lady to whose kindness I am indebted for the drawing. The seeds were received by Charles Horsfall, either from Africa or from the East Indies, and raised by his very skillful gardener, Mr. Henry Evans, at Everton, where the plants produced their lovely blossoms in great profusion during the months of December and January (1833-4), a season when so gay a visitor is particularly welcome to the stove.’ [BM t.3315/1834].
History at Camden Park
Seed order to Hurst and McMullen, Seedsmen and Florists of London, on 8th April 1846. [MP A2933-1, p.132].
Notes
Ipomoea horsfalliae Hort. (1885) = Ipomoea ternata Jacq.
Published Oct 05, 2009 - 03:07 PM | Last updated Jul 16, 2010 - 03:27 PM
Ipomoea horsfalliae Hook. | BM t.3315/1834 | BHL
| Family | Convolvulaceae |
|---|---|
| Category | |
| Region of origin | Tropical regions |
| Synonyms | |
| Common Name | Cardinal Creeper, Prince?s Vine, Kuiho Vine |
| Name in the Camden Park Record | Ipomoea Horsfalli |
| Confidence level | high |
