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Sinningia speciosa ‘Maxima Variegata’

A cultivar of Sinningia speciosa (Lodd.) Hiern. See Sinningia speciosa ‘Maxima Discolor’ for detail.  I have found no specific description but probably a cultivar with flowers of several colours as illustrated here, or, much less likely, with variegated leaves.  See also Sinningia speciosa 'Variegata'. 

Horticultural & Botanical History

No additional data.

 

History at Camden Park

Listed in the 1850 and 1857 catalogues [B.194/1850].

Notes

Published Sep 06, 2009 - 05:00 PM | Last updated Aug 21, 2011 - 02:39 PM

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Shown are a number of slipper gloxinias, one with variegated pink, red and blue flowers. Flore des Serres pl. VI, p.268, 1847.

Sinningia speciosa varieties | FS pl. VI, p.268/1847 | CSIRO Black Mountain Library, Canberra.  The large variegated flower in the centre is probably similar to ‘Maxima Variegata’.

 

Family Gesneriaceae
Category
Region of origin

Probably garden origin
Synonyms
  • Sinningia speciosa (Lodd.) Hiern convariety maxima var. variegata
  • Gloxinia maxima variegata Hort.

 
Common Name

Gloxinia, Slipper gloxinia
Name in the Camden Park Record

Gloxinia maxima variegata 
Confidence level medium