Boquita de Vieja (Calceolaria purpurea)

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Ursula Santiago, Chile(Zone 9b) Dec 07, 2006

Boquita de Vieja
Calceolaria purpurea

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bootandall Blenheim, New Zealand Dec 07, 2006

This is a beauty, thanks Ursula

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Ursula Santiago, Chile(Zone 9b) Dec 07, 2006

Thanks, Valary. One more time I agree with you LOL

The common name means 'old woman's mouth' LOL, since it looks like a toothless mouth.

Hugs,

Ursula

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Dyson Rocky Mount, VA(Zone 7a) Jun 23, 2007

Beautiful!

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Ursula Santiago, Chile(Zone 9b) Jun 23, 2007

Thanks, Dyson.

Unfortunately, it is neither found very often in the wild nor does it form colonies.

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Dyson Rocky Mount, VA(Zone 7a) Jun 24, 2007

Fortunettly you are here.

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Ursula Santiago, Chile(Zone 9b) Jun 24, 2007

*blush*

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FT Tigard, OR(Zone 8a) Oct 11, 2007

Ursula,
Your photographs of Calceolaria are beautiful.
We are colder and wetter than you are here in Oregon but I can grow Calceolaria mexicana as an annual, Calceolaria fiebrigiana as a perennial as well as Calceolaria alba as a shrub.
They bloom beautifully.

I would like to grow more kinds but they often rot in the wintertime.
Thanks for sharing your photos.

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Ursula Santiago, Chile(Zone 9b) Oct 12, 2007

Hello FT!

Thanks for your kind words.

There are at least 3 of our Calceolaria species that should do well in your area, since they are all native to The Andes mountains where people are still skiing down here (it's spring down here): C. arachnoidea, C. biflora and C. corymbosa. The area where they grow is more or less an equivalent to a USA zone 6b.

Hope this information helps.

Ursula