Cyrtandra sessilis, a member of the Gesneriaceae (African violet) family, is a shrub 0.5 to 1 m (20 to 40 in) tall; stems branched. Leaves are in whorls of three per node, well-spaced on the upper 3 to 9 nodes, thick, papery, oblanceolate, 8 to 20 cm (3.2 to 8 in) long, and 2 to 6.4 cm (0.8 to 2.5...