Butterfly Wing Plants are mostly perennials native from southeast Asia to Australia. Several species have most showy colored foliage in the shape of butterfly wings on short ascendent to slightly trailing stems which are crowned by small flowers in lose racemes. Most species are highly priced and rarely (if not at all) available outside Asia. Easily grown in any rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot throughout the year. In winter keep plants slightly drier at a minimum of some 20°C.
Sow seeds flat in any rich, very well drained substrate at a minimum of some 20°C throughout the year. Keep pots in a sunny spot, especially in winter months.
10 seeds per package.
Christia (Butterfly Wing Plant)
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Christia vespertilionis (Butterflywing Plant)
40 (80)cm, Butterflywing Plant (syn. Lourea vespertilionis) is a rarely cultivated perennial from southeast Asia with showy violet-green foliage wit lighter colored nerves in the shape of butterfly wings on short ascendent to slightly trailing stems. Easily cultivated in any humus rich, well drained soil in a sunny spot throughout the year with somce protection against midday full sun in summer and a winter minimum of some 20°C with slightly reduced watering. VII-IX.
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