Sinningia speciosa ‘Wortleyana’
Presumably a cultivar of Sinningia speciosa (Lodd.) Hiern but I have found no description.
Horticultural & Botanical History
Gloxinia ‘Wortleyana’ was offered for sale by Bass and Brown in 1851 [Gard. Chron. 1851]. No description is given. Not listed under this name in the main Gesneriad Register – Sinningia but ‘Wortleyana’, 1849, synonym ‘Worthleyana’, is listed in the Appendix with no details.
History at Camden Park
Gloxinia Wortleyana was requested of James Backhouse on 1st February, 1849 and this is the likely source [MP A2933-1, p.183]. First recorded in a handwritten entry in a copy of the 1850 catalogue held at Camden Park [CPA] where it is spelt Wortleyana or possibly Mortleyana and also in a copy of the 1850 catalogue held at the Mitchell Library and inscribed on the front Wm. Macarthur 23rd. Dec. 1854 [ML 635.9m]. Certainly grown in the gardens at this time.
Notes
Published Sep 07, 2009 - 03:20 PM | Last updated Aug 19, 2011 - 04:43 PM
| Family | Gesneriaceae |
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| Category | |
| Region of origin | Probably garden origin, England |
| Synonyms |
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| Common Name | Gloxinia |
| Name in the Camden Park Record |
Gloxinia Whortleyii |
| Confidence level | medium |