Sinningia speciosa ‘Albo-sanguinea’
A cultivar of Sinningia speciosa (Lodd.) Hiern. A number of nurseries, including James Backhouse, the breeder, were offering Gloxinia albo sanguinea for sale in The Gardeners' Chronicle of 1849. The name suggests that it is a hybrid between Sinningia speciosa ‘Albiflora’, which see, and an unidentified cultivar called ‘Sanguinea’, red in colour.
Horticultural & Botanical History
Paxton's Dictionary lists Gloxinia albo coccinea, a hybrid with white and scarlet flowers, introduced in 1847 and probably very similar. Gloxinia albo-sanguinea Hort. was one of seven Gloxinias listed in the Hortus Spaarnbergensis, published in Amsterdam in 1849. I have found no other references and no description. Fitch illustrated a number of Gloxinia cultivars for the Floral Magazine in 1861 and 1862 [Floral Magazine vols. 1 & 2/1861-62]. The red and white forms figured in 1861 and shown here are probably very similar to the varieties ‘Albo-sanguinea’ and ‘Albo-sanguinea Superba’, which see.
History at Camden Park
Listed in the 1850 and 1857 catalogues [B.179/1850]. Obtained from Kew Gardens, brought out from England by Captain P. P. King in 1849. In the confirmatory list sent by Macarthur to King it is marked with a ‘o’, meaning new to the colony. [ML A1980-3]. It was also requested of James Backhouse on 1st February, 1849 but not recorded as received. [MP A2933-1 p.183].
Notes
See also Sinningia speciosa ‘Exquisita’.
Published Sep 02, 2009 - 04:38 PM | Last updated Aug 21, 2011 - 05:20 PM
Fitch (Floral Magazine), 1861. Early Florist's gloxinias. The red and white forms are probably very similar to the variety ‘Albo-sanguinea’ or ‘Albo-sanguinea Superba’.
| Family | Gesneriaceae |
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| Category | |
| Region of origin | Garden origin, England |
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| Common Name | Gloxinia |
| Name in the Camden Park Record | Gloxinia albo-sanguinea
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| Confidence level | medium |
