My gesneriads.

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Sinningia 'Susan' x self






Sinningia 'Peachy propeller'

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[kmarch]

Are these related in any way ot Gloxinia (sp?)?

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Gesneriad is the big family. Gloxinia (sinningia speciosa), African violet, streptocarpus are some of the more famous family member.

You can see some gloxinia species in my collection. The easiest one being sinningia speciosa 'lavender queen'.

Another closely related but completely different foliage and flower will be like Sinningia defoliata (Scented unifoliage plant(mine grow more than one leave due to the hormone in the fertilizer i used), Sinningia leucotricha (very hairy foliage that you can actually comb its hair)

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They're beautiful! Now this is one kind of plant that I can not grow. LOL They don't like me.

[solay]

How beautiful. Some of the spotted ones remind me of fox glove. When I use to live closer to San Francisco where there was a lot of fog, my African violets did really well. When I moved they all died.

Also, I've never heard of or seen the kind of gesneriads you got. Very pretty colors and shapes. Such a big variety. How did you end up so many different ones?

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Originally Posted by articuno75

They're beautiful! Now this is one kind of plant that I can not grow. LOL They don't like me.

Jenny, there are so many variety of gesneriad. I am sure some fill fits your watering habit and climate there.

Those that i grow here in singapore are those prefer warm climate. I grow kohleria together with my orchid. It will helpfully take up all the access water as i water my orchid.

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Originally Posted by solay

How beautiful. Some of the spotted ones remind me of fox glove. When I use to live closer to San Francisco where there was a lot of fog, my African violets did really well. When I moved they all died.

Also, I've never heard of or seen the kind of gesneriads you got. Very pretty colors and shapes. Such a big variety. How did you end up so many different ones?

I join TGS The gesneriad society (USA). They have a huge seed bank and members are allow to buy seeds from their seed bank. The seeds of spotted gloxinia are donated to THS from a Australian hybridiser: Charles Lawn. You can see some of his other hybrids here: Sinningia speciosa hybrids by Charles Lawn

This is Califonia mini hybrid. Sounds like Califonia is a good place for it to call home.

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Those spotted ones are gorgeous. I especially like the purple. I wonder if I can grow them in my area. Are they all indoor plants or will they grow out doors? I'm going to look into this interesting plant some more. Thanks for the intro. I think?!!

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Originally Posted by solay

Those spotted ones are gorgeous. I especially like the purple. I wonder if I can grow them in my area. Are they all indoor plants or will they grow out doors? I'm going to look into this interesting plant some more. Thanks for the intro. I think?!!

Can tell me which one? So that i can write a little note and collect some seeds and send them your way. I am doing some cleaning up now. So some might have already gone heaven. I do have some seeds of the gloxinia with purple colour flower, facing horizontally out rather than upward. (we call that slipper gloxinia).

Gimme your address if you are interested on trying the slipper gloxinia hybrid. But i forgot whether it is x self or further hybrid.