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dielsianum

Tropical epiphytic or terrestrial evergreen shrubs with small elliptic-oblong leaves arranged in pseudowhorls.  The young leaves and stems are densely covered with brown scales giving the entire plant an attractive brownish green appearance.  The flowers are narrowly bell-shaped and pink in color.  An easy and free-blooming species.  Native to forests and grassy openings from 3,900 to6,500 ft. in Papua New Guinea

1983/060  SCHI  (+32\R1\?).  Narrowly bell-shaped carmine-rose flowers with crimson stamens on this easily cultivated vireya collected wild in New Guinea.  Densely scaly foliage.

1985/019  USDA#354304  (+32\R1\?).  Light pink flowers.

1985/022  USDA#534305  (+32\R1\?).  Pink flowers.

dielsianum var. dielsianum

    1983/060  Schick  (+32\R1\3).  Carmine-rose flowers with deep crimson stamens.