Gloxinella lindeniana, Gloxinia lindeniana, Kohleria lindeniana

It is an attractive plant, with nicely variegated leaves and beautiful lavender flowers. The leaf surface is a dark green with white veins and the underside is a bright red.

Although it is a compact plant, as it grows it sends out stringy rhizomes that produce a new shoot so a pot can soon be filled to overflowing.

Similar plants:

• Gloxinia perennis (Canterbury Bells)
• Pearcea hypocyrtiflora, Gloxinia hypocyrtiflora (Pearcea)
• Seemannia purpurascens, Gloxinia purpurascens (Purple Seemannia)
• Seemannia sylvatica, Gloxinia sylvatica (Bolivian Sunset Gloxinia)
• Kohleria sp. (Kohleria)