xSinvana 'Mount Magazine'

Paliavana tenuiflora x Sinningia conspicua

This Jon Lindstrom hybrid bears eumorpha-like sometimes-fragrant flowers.

xSinvana 'Mount Magazine' was hybridized by Jon Lindstrom of the University of Arkansas. He crossed a paliavana and a sinningia and got something which bears a definite resemblance to Sinningia eumorpha.

It was named after Magazine Mountain, the highest point in the state of Arkansas. My 1968 World Atlas and Book of Facts gives its height at 2753 feet [which would be about 836 meters]. It may have eroded a little in the last 50+ years.

The paliavana parent is P. tenuiflora, the best of the paliavanas. The hybrid does a better job of retaining its foliage than most paliavanas.

The sinningia parent is S. conspicua, from which the hybrid acquires the generally white corolla color, the markings and yellow in the throat, and fragrance that can be detected at certain times.

The plant has a tuber, an inheritance from its sinningia parent.

Paliavana tenuiflora is much more vulnerable to cold than Sinningia conspicua. The hybrid seems to have the latter's cold resistance.

Feature table for xSinvana 'Mount Magazine'

Plant Description
Growth	Indeterminate
Habit	Stems upright, sometimes losing the lower leaves with age.
Leaves	Heart-shaped, green.
Dormancy	The plant has a tuber and usually goes dormant in winter.
Flowering
Inflorescence	axillary cymes, usually with one flower per axil.
Flowering	Late summer through late autumn
Flower	White corolla, with purple stripes over yellow base in interior of tube.
Horticultural aspects
Hardiness	Tuber has survived 32 F (0 C) in my back yard.
Recommended?	Yes. Mine is a shy bloomer, but is not finicky about care.
Hybridization
Hybridizer	Jon Lindstrom
Fertility	I would not expect it to be fertile.
Botany
Taxonomic group	It is a cross between a species in the Dircaea clade (Sinningia conspicua) and a species in the Sinningia clade (Paliavana tenuiflora).