Hello everyone.
I found a flower on one of my visits to Comfamiliar de Narino-Chilvi. I honestly did not expect it to survive, or to produce more flowers. I was simply bringing my wife a pretty bloom with the plant attached hehe!
However, this flower is still kicking at my little balcony jungle, & I am wondering if it is some sort of Orchid. It is very tiny though.



Any help with an ID would be appreciated.
Some good news for anyone who is interested in my little jungle. I just rented a 2 bedroom house with a back yard bigger than the house & a little 5 foot wide L shaped run of yard space in the front. My jungle, & my wife's collection of pretty flowers just got proper space to grow.

Sincerely,
Noel

It looks like Streptocarpus .. I need to find that list!

Congrats on your new home.

There's a lot of Streptocarpus species on the Gesneriad site,

http://www.gesneriads.ca/alpha...

Hello Janet.
The flower looks a lot like these plants, but the growth pattern is drastically different than most. I can not find one that has the same types of leaves or stem structure & the same flowers. Do you possibly have a more direct species guess with photos? This is a nice plant, & I would like some care & propagation information for it.

Noel

It could be in Acanthaceae, Ruellia macrantha is in Colombia, it looks similar.

http://www.plantsystematics.or...

http://www.cucutanuestra.com/t...

Hello Janet.
I am thinking the Acanthaceae is the best bet for an ID. Is that a commonly available flower in the states? This seems like a very easy flower to grow & quite pretty. Might be worth exporting...
Noel

I don't know how commonly available Ruellia is in the US Noel, I'm in the UK. There are a few species in the US although not widespread.

http://plants.usda.gov/java/pr...

I agree with Ruellia. It reminds me of a native (R. caroliniensis) that grows here in Florida: http://www.google.com/search?q...