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Calceolaria
uniflora |
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travelling in Chilean Patagonia in November 2008, we
visited Torres del Paine with its magnificent towering
snow-covered peaks. In an otherwise desolate
landscape, we came across a remarkable splash of
colour, tucked under some wind-ravaged bushes.
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Calceolaria is one of several species found in
Patagonia
, though the genus is found along the length of the
Andes
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This
species is in cultivation as C. darwinii (or C. uniflora
var. darwinii) and, as noted in the RHS A-Z, “does best in
an alpine house”! |
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