High to moderate light intensities and 70-80F temperatures produced the best quality flowers.
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Named for John Sanderson, ~1820-1891, honorary secretary of the Horticultural Society of Natal.
Specific epithet name “aurantiaca” means orange-red, in reference to its flower color.
Gets it common name from the shape of the flowers.
This species was reportedly first commercialized as a cut flower in the 1980s in New Zealand. Now grown in many countries.
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