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Calceolariaceae
Pocket Flower
Calceolaria × herbeohybrida
Playfulness and whimsy.
- Family
- Calceolariaceae
- Genus
- Calceolaria
- Native to
- South America, Chile, Peru
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Type
- annual
- Height
- 6-18 in
- Sunlight
- partial shade
- Soil
- moist, well-drained, rich
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 9-11
- Lifespan
- annual
Did you know
- The name Calceolaria comes from the Latin 'calceolus' meaning little shoe, referring to the slipper-shaped flowers.
- Each flower has a distinctive inflated pouch that traps insects temporarily, aiding in pollination.
- Victorian-era greenhouse growers competed to produce the most elaborately spotted varieties at flower shows.
- The plant can produce over 50 individual pouch-shaped blooms on a single specimen.
- Wild species in the Andes grow at altitudes above 10,000 feet, enduring harsh mountain conditions.
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