Hydnophytum formicarum Small Form pink flowers The foliage is covered with

The foliage is covered with white trichomes on the underside of the leaves

Native to Veracruz

Noted Gesneriad expert Hans Wiehler once commented on this clone as being a Columnea mimic

robust species that is both handsome and temperamental

with adrenaline coursing as it does when victory or discovery is in the wind

Hydnophytum formicarum Small Form pink flowers The foliage is covered withThis is a very small growing form of the species, at least by comparison to others, with a much reduced caudex. Sometimes referred to as the European Clone because it was popularized there much earlier, it is native to the Indo Pacific region without specific locality (that we can ascertain). The caudex is only a few inches across, rather flattened with radiating ridges and bearing short spines. The branches are tall, fairly full and produce the