Some Bonnie Loves Me :)

My good friend Bonnie opened her arms and shared some babies with me to help jump start my collection again.
I thought I would share pictures of my new friends with all of you :)
If only I could tell you all how much I am cherishing my new babies.
Thank you SO SO much my dear friend!

There are more but they are busy rooting etc. but here are some of the larger ones that have adjusted to life in Maine and which I get to wake up and admire every single morning:

Here is Petrocosmea Shortnin Bread (she arrived with 4 baby suckers which I removed and am babying)

This is Strep Goose Egg. She really likes her perch in this window!

This is strep Cyanandras which is a mini. This is my first mini strep EVER! She has a perch right next to Goose Egg in my bedroom and every morning I wake to coffee and these girls just blooming their heads off :)

This is a grouping of micro mini sinningias in a little terrarium my daughter gave to me. They are right next to my bed so that I can monitor their happiness *lol*

This is AV Chimera Angel's Petticoats and although not blooming at the moment; I am LOVING the foliage on this cutie!

And last but not least is Strep Roulette Azure which is a plant I have always coveted. So you can be sure this little bud to be is just being babied right to death! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS FLOWER!

Bonnie, I love you and can't thank you enough for all that you have done to spark my love of growing again.

Always,
Kim

Hi Kim;
Your plants look wonderful, they must like there new home. lol. you are more than welcome for any of my plants.
hugsssss mrsbonnie (:)

All of your babies look beautiful and right at home. Mrs. Bonnie is an angel. It's an honor to be able to say that she is my friend.

DITTO, DITTO, DITTO!!! SO AWESOME!!! I can't wait for you to show off those blooms :)

Connie

AWWWW you all are so sweet...........I know I don't have alot to show right now compared to alot of you but what I do have I am SO proud of and love SO much thanks to my dearest friend on earth Bonnie :)
She is the reason I get up everyday and check on all my babies.
As I start to make crosses, she is the person I shall send all of my seed to start and name :)

Her and Jannich to be sure :)

Kim

Those look very nice. Goose Egg is one of my favorites, loves to bloom!

Pat

ok girls,.now your embarrasing me.lol so glad to help anyone out that needs some plants. i know how much i love my plants & sure did appreciate it when someone would give me some of there cuttings or plants, so i am just trying to do the same. How can i not with such a sweet person like kim,
mrsbonnie

Love the topic of your posting Kim, Bonnie is a sweetie! Your plants look great in your window,what a wonderful sight to wake up to! Your sinningia are smiling at you,how cute they are ^_^

Jannich, it's SO NICE to see you post friend :)
I know I thought the subject line was cute too *lol*
I am loving those tiny little sinningias. At first I was struggling with giving them the proper lighting and had them in more sun but they seem to like the window in my bedroom with bright light much better :)
It's funny, I go around every day and check on each one of my plants to see if anything has changed *lol*
I'm loving it SO much.
Forgot just how much I missed growing!
It's really starting to feel like home again with all my new babies to adore :)

Can't wait until I have seeds to share. I'm thinking of crossing Goose Egg & Azure when it blooms. I think that will make a neat combination don't you?

Thank you again my friend, for giving me the excitement of growing again!!!

Always,
Kim

That is so nice of you Mrs Bonnie..I Know Kim really appreciates you sharing..always nice to have people around like you....Kim if you want more send me a message..LOL..I have a few noids that I counted today 3 and 4 of the same variety..Now I know I don't need that many of one kind..

Sonia

Morning Kim,Goose egg and azure sounds like a great cross.Please use your mini strep in a cross someday,there needs to be more mini streps! I look over my babies every morning too,sometimes it's a bad thing for me cause I love them to death.LOL Jan

Oh my Kim.How wonderful to have a friend like Bonnie ^_^.The plants are just lovely.

Lynn

Hi All;
I have so many mini streps from a friend who purchased seed from someone n ebay.they were marked cyanandrus, but we now know thats wrong. but it is a mini & most are red blooms, however i did get 1 that has a pink & white bloom.here is a picture. however they are all mini's
mrsbonnie

So Bonnie, are you saying that the mini you sent me called cyanandrus is not really?
OMG, I can't use it to cross if it's not a named plant. Have to keep he genus correct out there.
Mine is a reddish color so it's a seedling from another cross?
I can't use it for hybridizing if I don't know the parentage.
That's OK I think it's cute the way it is and I have big plans for Azure & Goose Egg. I removed all the pollen sacs from Goose Egg this weekend and am storing it for when Azure blooms. Then I will cross Azure w/Goose Egg and Goose Egg w/Azure (if the timing is right). Since they are the only 2 streps that I have at the moment that's the most exciting cross I can do *lol*
But I do have Spin Art coming so that will be another "twist" at some point *lol*
Right now just planning Azure & Goose Egg babies is very exciting. Let's hope we get some pods ladies. We will be able to start them this winter when we're looking for "something to sprout"!

I love you guys!

Kim

Hi Kim;
Yes the mini strep i sent you must be marked wrong, as the flower is nothing like the name. however i know alot of hybridizers do use unknown named plants in there cross. it just helps more if you know there back ground, otherwise you never know what you will get.but sometimes thats half the fun. lol
bonnie

Well Bonnie I'm going to do it........I'm going to cross Goose Egg with the unknown mini :)
Keep your fingers crossed. Maybe we will get a mini Goose Egg *lol*

Will keep ya updated :)

Kim

Gotta pod yet? (Grin) Keep us updated on this!

sounds good to me.lol
mrsbonnie

So it looks like the mini un-named is going to have to be the Momma and Goose Egg the dad as when I was inspecting the pollen sacs, either they were all too old or the un-named mini is pollen sterile. SOOOO the stigmas looked ready and I had some pollen from Goose Egg so there we have the match. I did 2 stigmas just in case. Will keep an eye *lol*

Kim