Hemiboea flaccida Velvet Touch Woody Lilies The vigorous 23" tall

The vigorous 23" tall

The 3' tall stalks are adorned with up to eight downward-facing flowers

each heavily spotted with creamy yellow among the longitudinal creamy white and yellow stripes

5" fringed yellow daisies

Bear's breech would be worth growing even without its floral display because its handsome foliage is big

Hemiboea flaccida Velvet Touch Woody Lilies The vigorous 23" tallWe received this lovely hardy gesneriad in 2004 as Hemiboea cavaleri, but after growing it for a few years, we keyed it out instead to the rare, Hemiboea flaccida. This African violet relative hails from up to 4,500' elevation in the alkaline forests of western Guangxi and southern Guizhou, China, where it grows among the rocks. Our nine year old plant of Hemiboea flaccida has made a slowly expanding patch to 18" wide. The luscious, felty green