Pot Size: 1 litre (deep) Price: £10.00 Description: Arising from one of my seed collections gathered on Longzhoushan, Sichuan China in 2000. Where this was common in open grassland with mixed scrub. A small plants forming a rosette of broadly ovate leaves the bases clasping the short upright stems to 20 cm tall, which have arisen from the fleshy roots. Displaying the pale to mid-purple flowers held terminally in succession from the tip of the stem, orchid-like on long hollow tubes, with almost comical lateral petals protruding either side. Flowering for several months for us May to September. Easily grown in a well drained soil with some moisture retention in sun or shade.
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