Solandra longiflora Tussac

BOTANICAL
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
01458685
01458685
The New York Botanical Garden
Solandra
Cultivated in U.S.A., New York, Westbury, in greenhouse.
Origin: From cultivation in British Virgin Islands, Virgin Gorda, Little Dick Bay, Rock Resort.
Leaves: Oblong and elliptic and alternate, 4.5 inches long, 2.25 inches wide.
Petioles: 1.5-2.5 inches long, pale maroon color. Calyx: 3 inches long, with one to two lobes, green, with purple venation, tubular.
Corolla: Bud cream with pale violet face. Chalice type. Flowers open white,* green inside. Color is cream white for 2 days, then turns yellow. Flowers are 8 inches long, contracted at throat, the throat is 4 inches long. Flowers are 4 inches wide at mouth, from petal tip to tip. Flowers have 10 stripes, chocolate purple from opening of mouth to throat. Petals are 1-1.25 inches from throat to edge, all petals are scalloped, petal count is 5. Flowers are fragrant at night and smell like lilies. The edges of the corolla lobes are not folded back.
Coll.: Walter Dworkin s.n.
May 1986