Irina went to the Gesneriad convention this past week. When she gets back and checks this website I think she will know.

Its a very pretty bloom and I like the leaf shape. I can't tell the difference between columnea, aeschynanthus and nematanthus.

tish

Xuan -

my first reaction was Aeschynanthus - to start with - their natural habitat is tropical Asia, while Columnea takes the same niche but in a New World.

I found a really nice explanation - it was actually posted by John Boggan 5 years ago on our forum. Hope it takes all the doubts out.

It is absolutely beautiful and the leaves are very interesting.

Irina

PS Tish - Nematanthus has very different flowers - they look like guppy fishes. Look at gesneriads.ca on GENUS

Here is a link that might be useful: A Good One

Xuan -

would you permit me to post your Aeschynanthus pic on gesneriphiles forum? I think people there will enjoy it too.

Irina