AGAPETES SERPENS
Author:
Hermann Otto Sleumer, 1939
Family:
ERICACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Sleumer. (1939). In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 70(1): 105.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
15 Centimetres
Height:
70 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds/Cuttings
CITES:
Synonyms:
Vaccinium serpens Wight, 1847.
Pentapterygium serpens Klotzsch,
Thibaudia myrtifolia Griff.
Agapetes serpens var. alba,Airy Shaw.
This member of the Ericaceae family was given this name by Hermann Otto Sleumer in 1939. It's found as an epiphyte on the Himalayan foothills. It gets water all year round and some sun between the trees. The caudex will grow to 15 centimetres, the stems to 70 centimetres. The flowers are pink, and propagation by cuttings are also possible.
The genera name from 'agapétos' meaning 'lovely', referring to the flower. The species name means 'snaked' like the branches. It needs a rather high air humidity. Another wild plant in Bhutan.
Flower
Pink
Soil
No; Epiphytic
Water
Maximum
Sun
Medium
