Flower ID please

Mr. Vine Eye · June 2019

Quite distinctive but I can't find it using plant searches online.

Please can someone identify them.

Thanks

Dovefromabove · June 2019

Hostafan1 · June 2019

Dovefromabove said:

Schizanthus aka Poor Man’s Orchid.

https://seeds.suttons.co.uk/gardening/Poor-Mans-Orchid

that's it @Dovefromabove I kept thinking schizostylis, but knew it wasn't,

Dovefromabove · June 2019

More coffee needed @Hostafan1 ... I’m on my second 😊

Hostafan1 · June 2019

TBH,I've not seen schizanthus since I left working in the garden centre in 1984, I think I was doing ok on the memory front, lol

Dovefromabove · June 2019

It’s something Ma said my grandfather used to grow in pots in his greenhouse to bring into the house

Alan Clark2 in Liverpool · June 2019

I am surprised that it isn't more common. I grew it once and it had masses of flowers for ages. I must grow it again.

Mr. Vine Eye · June 2019

Thank you! It was for a Facebook friend who had a photo of it in her garden from a few years ago but couldn't remember what it was.

Lyn · June 2019

@Hostafan1. I’ve got schizostylis growing from seeds 😻

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