African Violets and Gesneriads: are we ready? September bingo !!, 0 by Keyring

Keyring wrote:
not sure, but I believe it requires classification and publication because it's a new species,not a new hybrid or cultivar.

here's the next call:

29. unifoliate Streptocarpus polyanthus

yes, this is one of the unifoliates. The unifoliates aren't too popular in cultivation because most of them are monocarpic (I think some are not, but not sure), meaning they bloom once and die. Some have a huge leaf and few tiny flowers (like this one) - although other's put on quite a flowery show.

The photo I'm posting is of seedlings of (polyanthus x prolixus), both unifoliates.

Photo of this species, var verecundus here: http://www.aggs.org/gallery/streps/strep_polyanthus_ssp_vere...
and one of polyanthus var polyanthus here: http://www.gesneriads.ca/strep241.htm
More on the genus here: http://www.botanik.univie.ac.at/morphology/genera_gesneriace...

[edited to fix the link]

This message was edited Sep 9, 2006 6:16 PM