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A beautiful trailing species that is almost always in bloom! I’m not sure why this plant isn’t more popular in terrarium culture. The leaves are somewhat thick, shiny, with bright red stems. It will happily grow up a wood surface or on sphagnum moss. Flowers are tiny and pink, and held only 2-3″ off the stem, usually in pairs or singely.

Species	B. elaeagnifolia
Region	Africa
Country	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo
Year published	1871
Date of Origin
Plant Type	Rhizomatous
Section	Tetraphila
Chr 2n	72
Endangered Status	-
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General Info

Species/ Cultivar	B. elaeagnifolia
Form Varieties	-
Author	J. D. Hooker in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr.
Publication Date	1871
Date of Origin	-
Place	-
Habitat	-
Section	Tetraphila
Chr 2n	72
Plant Type	Rhizomatous
Synonyms and Comments	B. schultzei Engler. 1921.; B. wilczekiana N. Hallé in Wilczek, Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 39:91. 1969; B. poggei
Reference	Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. 2:579. 1871.—J.C. Arends, Wageningen Agric. Univ.
Papers 91(6):186, pl. 1. “1991". 1992. —J.J. de Wilde, Wageningen Univ. Papers 2001-2:66, pl.4. 2002.; JGSL9/08;

Description

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Lineage & Availability

Offspring of:	NA
Female Parent Of	none in our records
Male Parent Of	none in our records
In Cultivation?	Yes

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