|
C. mirabilis
|
C. nobilis
|
C. robusta
|
C. gardenii
|
C.caulescens |
C. miniata
|
Date described |
2002 |
1828 |
2004 |
1856 |
1954 |
1854 |
Distribution |
W escarpment |
SE coast |
E coast |
E escarpment |
NE escarpment |
E escarpment |
Habitat |
Arid humic sandstone scree |
Sandstone slopes to coastal sand dunes |
Swamp forest in wet sand, drainage at cliff ledges |
Humic scree on sandstone |
Epiphytic on sandstone / trees in moss, humus on sandstone |
Humic scree on sandstone, rhyolites, dolerite |
Flowering time |
October to mid-November (late Spring) |
August to January (Spring - Summer) |
late March - early August (Autumn - Winter) |
May to July (late Autumn to mid-Winter) |
September to November (Spring) |
August to November (Spring - early Summer) |
Peduncle colour |
? |
Green |
Reddish then green |
Reddish then green |
Green |
Green |
Perianth shape |
pendulous tubular |
pendulous tubular |
pendulous tubular |
pendulous tubular |
pendulous tubular |
upright trumpet |
Perianth width |
|
11 mm |
|
10 mm |
|
50-70mm |
Perianth length |
|
25-40mm |
|
40-70mm |
35 mm |
|
Flower colour |
Bicoloured orange/yellow turning orange-red with age, with green tips fading as it opens |
Dark orange with green tips, but varies from pinkish yellow to dark red |
Orange-red with green tips |
Orange-red with pronounced green tips; but varies from yellow to brownish red |
Orange-red with green tips |
Orange with white or yellow throat; but varies from almost white through yellow to dark red |
No of flowers |
20-48 |
20-50 |
15-40 |
10-20 |
14-50 |
10-40 |
Stigma & style |
Not exserted |
protruding 6 mm |
|
Exserted > 7mm |
protruding 6mm |
various |
Fruit shape |
Irregular glebulose-gongyloid |
Round to teardrop |
Round |
Round to oblong |
Round |
Round to pointed, slightly irregular |
Fruit ripens |
February - April
4-7months
|
winter 9months |
|
winter
15months
|
winter
6months
|
winter
9months
|
Ovary colour |
Orange-red then green |
Sometimes red then green |
|
|
|
Rarely red then green |
No. of seed in fruit |
(1)2-4
(-7)* |
1-2(-6) |
1-2(-4) |
1-2 |
1-4 |
1-4
(-25) |
Seed size |
±10mm |
±9(6-1)mm |
10-18mm |
9-18m |
±12(9-13)mm |
±12 mm |
Seed membrane colour |
colourless |
purplish red |
colourless |
colourless |
colourless |
colourless, rarely reddish |
Seed radicle |
|
radicle produced by the germinating seed is very thin, about 1.5 mm thick |
|
3 mm |
3 mm |
3 mm |
Stem |
non-aerial |
non-aerial |
aerial to 450 mm with buttress roots when growing in swampy conditions |
non-aerial |
aerial, up to 3 m in mature specimens |
slightly aerial with age |
Leaf length (mm) |
600-1200 |
300-800 |
300-1200 |
350-900 |
300-600 |
400-900 |
Leaf width (mm) |
30-50 |
25-50 |
30-90 |
25-60 |
35-70 |
25-70 |
Leaf median stripe |
Pronounced |
Moderate to weak |
Weak to none |
None |
None |
None |
Leaf substance |
Stiff |
Stiff |
Soft |
Soft |
Soft |
Soft |
Leaf texture |
Rough |
Slightly rough to smooth |
Smooth |
Smooth |
Smooth |
Smooth |
Leaf margin |
Smooth |
Rough |
Smooth |
Smooth |
Smooth |
Smooth |
Leaf apex |
Rounded point |
Indented |
Rounded |
Pointed |
Pointed |
Pointed |
Leaf base |
Pigmented purple red |
Non-pigmented |
Non-pigmented |
Non-pigmented |
Pigmented red to non-pigmented |
Non-pigmented |
