Gesneriads

A blog dedicated to the plants in the family Gesneriaceae. If you have any questions about care, just send me an ask!

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Smithiantha canarina

[cactiandthings]

Mine did not grow this year.

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Aw that’s too bad. This is only my second year with them.

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Smithiantha canarina

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Codonanthe carnosa. A beautiful Gesneriad with awesome foliage.

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Kohleria ‘peach queen’

[andrewsplants]

Currently nameless awaiting flowers, though it definitely looks great without.

[orchid-grower]

Some African violets you don’t see every day

[grawesomelygreen]

5/30/2016

Some interesting variegation on these African violet blooms - almost a marbled effect

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11/4/2015

African violets at grandma’s. I love how the flowers of this variety almost sparkle.

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More photos of Goodyera hispida at 1000x magnification.

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Streptocarpus ‘Spin Art’

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Sinningia defoliata

This species blooms directly off the tuber. Leaves are produced seasonally, also directly from the long-lived tuber. Excellent, easy houseplant. Must be grown from seed. The leaves are pine-scented. This plant is about 10 years old.

Puget Sound Gesneriad Society Show, March 2015

Grown by Peter Shalit

[orchid-grower]

Streptocarpus are extremely easy-to-grow everblooming houseplants that thrive in a bright windowsill. It’s a wonder they aren’t more popular!                               

Above are Streptocarpus ‘Verso’ and Streptocarpus ‘DS-Striborg’

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Streptocarpus hybrids

[orchid-grower]

Streptocarpus ‘DS-Stribozh’, named after the Slavic God of wind.

[oakapples]

Aeschynanthus radicans. Gesneriads have been on my mind a lot this week.

Photo: biolib.cz

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Petrcosmea flaccida

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Streptocarpus ‘DS-In the Wind’