African Violets and Gesneriads: Anything Blooming? Part III, 1 by gessiegail

gessiegail wrote:
I have never ever in my life been this tired!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (LOL) I was up at making chicken salad for lunch for the judges today ..................so much fun but we ran out of all plants to sell at 4:00 this afternoon so when we open at 10:00 am we are all bringing more plants out.

I am taking a lot of streps...............they can be replaced...............I didn't enter a single av after I saw the others (LOL) but I did enter 2 hanging baskets, 5 streps, 1 full 5" container pan size of Koellikeria erinoides 'Chopada dos Guimaraes, 1 chirita Tamiana, 1 Sinningia hatschbachii 'Iporanga' and I got all blue ribbons on those. The erinoides won first place in its' class of 'other gesneriads grown for foliage'. I think that is what is was called. It included the episcias and some more things. It is all a blur to me but fun.

Have to be back in the morning to take the streps and anything else I can find to sell for the club.........plus there will be a vendor from Victoria with only african violets but I bet she has some pretty ones as she is a professional vendor.

Here is a plant I bought that I am so excited about and had to send the picture directly to Jan the minute I walked in the door late last night..........It is called Sinningia 'Gabriel's Horn' and ready to bloom any minute.

I have to admit that this was my first show and I had no idea these ladies grow so well. I mean.........they put me to shame.........but this is how I will learn more and better how to grow.

I hope Sally doesn't care if I tell you how well she did in design...........hope I get this right.....she got a blue ribbon in design with floating design and a blue ribbon in her terrarium with first all over place in that category.

Here is my favorite baby that I found. My other buys were a couple of minis to die for and some episcias only because they were priced so well so I just have to try again and they were beautiful. One lady in the club does all the episcia growing for the shows and sales.