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Accession Data:

Ceratostema rauhii Luteyn

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Ericaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Peru

  • Culture: It likes bright light, but shade it from strong afternoon sun. Grow it in a fine-grade epiphytic mix that's kept evenly moist. A typical mix is equal parts of fine bark, perlite, and coir fiber or sphagnum moss.2

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201800051
  • Source: Marc H - NYBG
  • Accession Date: 08-02-2018
  • Bench: 3316 - NEOB: West Bench NN
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 11-17-2021

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: asterids
  • Order: Ericales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Ericaceae
  • SubFamily: Vaccinioideae
  • Tribe: Vaccinieae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2021
2020
2019

References (internal):

  • Endemism (endemic)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Peru

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, August 02, 2018.
  2. Ceratostema rauhii at Strange Wonderful Things. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 16, 2018.
  3. Taxonomic description at NYBG. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 16, 2018.

data regenerated on Wed, 08 Dec 2021 16:03:06 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Ericaceae

Subfamily Ericoideae
Tribe Rhodoreae

  • Rhododendron goodenoughii
  • Rhododendron unidentified - sp (sect. vireya)

Subfamily Vaccinioideae
Tribe Vaccinieae

  • Anthopterus wardii
  • Ceratostema rauhii
  • Macleania coccoloboides
  • Macleania insignis
  • Sphyrospermum dissimile
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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