{"id":1410809,"date":"2011-03-27T10:15:44","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T10:15:44","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T11:20:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T05:50:45","slug":"ruellia-mykoana","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/ruellia-mykoana\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruellia makoyana (Cultivated)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\n\n\n
\n
\n
Ruellia<\/em> makoyana<\/i> Closon (Unresolved), Rev. Hort. Belge \u00c9trang\u00e8re 21: 109 1895<\/em>. (Syn: Dipteracanthus<\/i> makoyanus<\/i> (Closon) Boom<\/span><\/a>);<\/div>\n
.<\/span><\/div>\n
‘Monkey plant’;<\/strong><\/div>\n
.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
\n

Ruellia makoyana<\/i> (monkey plant, trailing velvet plant) is a species<\/span><\/a> of flowering plant<\/span><\/a> in the family<\/span><\/a> Acanthaceae<\/em>, native<\/span><\/a> to Brazil.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It is an <\/span>evergreen<\/span><\/a> perennial<\/span><\/a> growing to 60\u00a0cm (24\u00a0in) tall by 45\u00a0cm (18\u00a0in) wide, with white-veined hairy leaves and trumpet-shaped pink flowers in summer.[1]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/span><\/div>\n
With a minimum temperature of 12 \u00b0C<\/span> (54\u00a0\u00b0F)<\/span>, in <\/span>temperate<\/span><\/a> regions R. makoyana<\/i> is grown indoors as a <\/span>houseplant<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n
(From\u00a0Wikipedia<\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 30.7.13)
\n.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n
\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Blue-flowered%20Teddy-Bear-Episcia%20lilacina-Kodai-DSCN6725.JPG\"<\/a><\/div>\n
EPISCIA LILACINA<\/a> : Attachments (1). 4 posts by 3 authors.<\/div>\n
\n
This picture was taken at SHRIL, Lake View, Kodaikanal in October,2008.<\/span><\/div>\n
I wanted to confirm if it is Episcia Lilacina<\/em> or ‘Blue flowered Teddy Bear’.<\/div>\n
\n

If you could kindly\u00a0confirm if this is the correct name.<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

Seems to be Ruellia mykoana<\/i> (i don’t know why it is called as ‘Monkey plant’<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

\n

Biglobe<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

You could be right.
\nI don’t have much knowledge in this subject.
\nHad found a picture in Hortica that looked similar. But the picture was small and hence I could be wrong.<\/p>\n

\n

.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Acanthaceae Fortnight : Ruellia makoyana : Kodaikanal : 31MAR15 : AK-51<\/a> : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)<\/span><\/div>\n
\n

A cultivated, garden plant.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Common name Monkey Plant<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n
\n

.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n
\n
\n
<\/a>\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/P1290741.JPG\"<\/a><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Ruellia makoyana : Conservatory : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 02DEC18 : AK-07<\/a> : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2<\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Seen at the Conservatory.<\/div>\n
\n
\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

\n

.<\/span><\/p>\n

References:<\/span><\/p>\n

The Plant List<\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>Wikipedia<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Dave\u2019s Garden<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ruellia makoyana Closon (Unresolved), Rev. Hort. Belge \u00c9trang\u00e8re 21: 109 1895. (Syn: Dipteracanthus makoyanus (Closon) Boom); . ‘Monkey plant’; . Ruellia makoyana (monkey plant, trailing velvet plant) is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae, native to Brazil. It is an evergreen perennial growing to 60\u00a0cm (24\u00a0in) tall…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[5533],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1410809","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-ruellia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1410809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1410809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1410809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1410809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1410809"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1410809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}