House Favourite

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House Favourite

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Anna Matveeva

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The distribution area of ​​senpolia is limited to the mountain regions of Tanzania and Kenya, with the overwhelming majority of species found only in Tanzania, Ulugur and Usambar (Uzambar) mountains [2] (modern maps usually use the name "Usambara mountains"). Of the species found on the territory of Kenya, we can name Saintpaulia teitensis B.L.Burtt (1958).

Senpolia often grow near waterfalls, on terraces of rivers, in conditions of water dust and fog.
History of the discovery

The plant was discovered in 1892 by Baron Walter von St. Paul (another variant of the Russian writing of this name is Senpol [4]) (1860-1940), the military commandant of the Uzambar District of German East Africa, a colony of Germany located on the territory of modern Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda. Walter St. Paul drew attention to this plant during a walk. Collected seeds he sent to his father - the president of the German Dendrological Society, Ulrich von St. Paul, and he gave them to the botanist Herman Wendland (1825-1903). Wendland grew a plant from seeds and in 1893 described it as Saintpaulia ionanta (Santopolia phialco-floral, or Senpolia phialco-color) [5], singling out this species as a separate genus, which he named in honor of the father and son of St. Paul.

For the first time, Saintpolia was represented at the international flower exhibition in Ghent in 1893. After the exhibition, the right of industrial breeding was purchased by E. Benari. In 1927, senpolia came to the United States, where they immediately gained popularity as houseplants. By 1949, a hundred varieties had been bred. Today the number of varieties exceeds 32 thousand, of which more than 2 thousand
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