Fuchsia magellanica
Scarlet - fuchsia in Chile
The Scarlet Fuchsia ( Fuchsia magellanica ) is a plant of the family Onagraceae ( Onagraceae ).
Description
The scarlet - fuchsia grows as a shrub and however achieved in its natural habitat stature heights of up to 3 meters, in Central Europe only up to 1.5 meters. The 1-2 cm long leaves are smooth and have a serrated edge.
There are trained in pairs or individually arranged hanging flowers. The flower stalks can be up to 5 cm long.
Occurrence
The scarlet - fuchsia is distributed from Tierra del Fuego to Peru in the southern and central Andes. There It forms numerous varieties. The scarlet - fuchsia grows in thickets and forest edges in the vicinity of water at altitudes of 1700 meters.
System
The scarlet - fuchsia was first described in 1786 by the French botanist and zoologist Jean -Baptiste Lamarck. We distinguish several varieties:
- Fuchsia magellanica var alba; var becomes a synonym molinae considered
- Fuchsia magellanica var conica; grows erect high and as up to 100cm
- Fuchsia magellanica var discolorwuchsschwach and bushy, up to 80cm high, has a relatively bright foliage
- Fuchsia magellanica var globosa; remains low and is growing pendulous, to 50 cm high, with a relatively large flower
- Fuchsia magellanica var gracilis
- Fuchsia magellanica var longipedunculata
- Fuchsia magellanica var macrostemma
- Fuchsia magellanica var molinae; very vigorous and bushy, up to 120cm high,
History
The scarlet - fuchsia arrived in the late 18th century in England.
According to tradition, she discovered the English gardener James Lee on the window sill of a sailor house and bought it from for a considerable sum. In 1793 Lee should have a large number of pieces, which he had pulled out of this one copy sold. Already in 1796 the first specimens of this species were cultivated near Leipzig.
The pure species is now cultivated mainly in botanical gardens and collections of Fuchsia lovers. However, the scarlet - fuchsia parent plant is a series of hybrids.
Swell
- Jelitto / shaft / Simon: The outdoor ornament perennials, Eugen Ulmer Verlag & Co., 5th edition 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3265-6