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Unknown Gesneriad...help?

11 years ago

Hey fellas,

Picked up what I believe is some kind of gesneriad yesterday at a plant sale at the campus library. Variegated leaves - green with pale veins and purple undersides; pink salverform flowers.

Leaves are starting to wrinkle and curl into "canoe" shapes today. Discoloring/mottling of the leaves too. They were a deep consistent green yesterday, and today there are splotches of very dark purple showing through.

Can anyone take a crack at it?

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carol23_gw
11 years ago
The variegation reminds me of Ruellia makoyana.

Here is a link that might be useful: Ruellia makoyana
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carol23_gw
11 years ago
Here is one more photo of the Ruellia.

Here is a link that might be useful: Ruellia
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