African Violets and Gesneriads: Sinningia eumorpha (for MsC), 1 by Keyring

Keyring wrote:
This is my Sinningia eumorpha.

It's only 2 or 3 years old, and the tuber is about 2" diameter. The leaves are glossy and about 4-5" long.

It dies back pretty much entirely every year. Once it re-sprouts, it grows to blooming quite quickly.

These flowers just started opening in the last week or so, and if all goes well, I should have about 8 or more on the way. Again, if all goes well, I'll have 6-8 flowers open at once. Newly opened flowers are smallish, but they do grow bigger. No fragrance that I can tell.

This year I grew it in higher light and it did okay, but I think it was happier last year when I had it in about AV light (very roughly speaking).

I try to give my bigger Sinningias new soil at least every two years. I fertilize in a dollop as they grow leaves, and then go easy on the food for the rest of the season.

Watering is easy. Water when dry :P
(It's very possible that you can grow them with more consistent moisture, but I would be the last to know something like that....)

I've found this one tricky to pollinate... but I did find a few more seeds in my fridge so I sowed them a few weeks ago :-)

I'm a fan of the glossy leaves and the green throat. It is one of my favorites, although I have to say there are quite a few Sinningias that I quite like...