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Sarmienta
Sarmienta is a genus with a single species, Sarmienta scandens, the Chilean pitcher flower, a creeping evergreen epiphyte from the cool temperate rainforests of Chile. It is grown mainly under glass, valued for its scarlet pitcher-shaped flowers.
Sarmienta scandens, the Chilean pitcher flower, is a species of flowering plant, and the sole member of its genus within the family Gesneriaceae. It is an epiphyte native to the cool temperate rainforest of southern and central Chile.
The Latin specific epithet scandens means "climbing".
In temperate regions it is usually grown under glass, either epiphytically or using a specialist potting medium containing leaf mould or sphagnum moss. It may be placed outside during the summer months, in a warm sheltered spot where the temperature does not fall below 5 °C (41 °F). It may however survive brief periods down to 0 °C (32 °F).
The plant is still widely advertised as Sarmienta repens, a name which is now regarded as illegitimate.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sarmienta by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
