(Just realized I spelled it wrong - Streptocarpus!)
I've been growning this outdoors in zone 9b for the last 15 years and I've never known what cultivar it was. All of sudden this year, I realized that they were all just sitting on the surface, like something had pulled them all up or eaten away all of their roots. So I cleaned them up and replanted them. Sure hope they make it, as it does still get down into the 30's at night here!
This message was edited Feb 2, 2011 2:41 PM
Of course that photo is from last summer. They hang out under the fruit trees. Here is a photo of my repotting efforts. It's been more than a week now, so I have high hopes that they are going to make it.
Sorry,I don't know which one it is,but it's very pretty.Looks like they are going to be fine.
Lynn
Very pretty plant!Your babies look good.How hot does it get in your area PedricksCorner? I tryed growing a few under a tree and they died pretty darn fast in my 8b garden.
Jan
You zone 9's are sooo lucky! It is a beautiful plant but I don't know it's name either.
I think it might be Laura.
I think you could be right about it being 'Laura', except for the bit of yellow in mines throat. I wish I could spend some time going through them all here!! It would be nice to give her a name. It gets up into the low 100's here in the late summer. By then, the cherry and pear trees give deep shade. And the pot has a lot of peat moss in the mix, so it holds water well. They have wilted some years, but bounce right back in the evening. I'd grow them indoors, but I have an itty bitty old house and there is literally no where to put them. I'll post another picture when I am sure they are going to make it.
Here's a great place to start your search.
http://www.streptocarpus-info.com/
I have this one, Take inside in Winter and in spring we go back outside under the eaves on the north side of the house, trim back repot and fertilize once a month, the hummers love it. I got mine at a local nursery, there they call it the "Forgotten Violet", what ever the name I love it.
I need to figure out how to use Advanced Search in the PlantFiles in a way that will let me search for pink within Streptocarpus. I am sure there is a way, just haven't found it yet ;-)
Just reread the tutorial on searching and the forum, and no there isn't a way to search for colors in a Genus or species. Databases can be like that and this is the best one for plants!
So I followed your lead and went to the streptocarpus site after looking at every photo available here, and I think the closest I got so far would be 'Blue Nymph.'
Continuing the search another day...
This message was edited Feb 4, 2011 9:10 AM
ill bet its olgeevees cassandra,
JIM
Hi Jim,
Again, sorry for your loss.
I looked up Olgeevess Cassandra and couldn't find it. I found a Cassandra, but it doesn't have the yellow tinge to the throat.
So the search continues!
Boy, I had no idea streps came in such a huge range of colors :-) I am almost tempted to start collecting them....but I am in love with gloxinias and if I am going to make space, it will be for more of them.
I've got three coming back up right now. Here is a shot from yesterday of the largest one. It always puts out a weak side shoot that I cut off and root. Once the tubers are a year or so old and big enough to make a nice big plant, I give them away.
Been doing that for about 12 years now.
What do you think about this one? I found it while looking for Olgeevess Cassandra,
it is called 'Orion.'
http://www.streptocarpus-info.com/tableo.html
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Bonnie
Here is the picture of the one Jim described.He is our top Strep. identifier LOL.
http://www.oglevee.com/Articles/Product/StreptocarpusInfo/galaxy/cassandra_info.html
Thanks! And that one looks very close to mine. But mine don't have those ruffled edges, just simple edges. Jim, what do you think of Orion?
orion is more purple,i really think is cass,i happen to like it and im not growing it anymore,so if youd want to do a swap or two,id love to have it,can you grow from leaves ,if so i can really get you going
JIM
Jim - you are such an enabler!
Ahh!!! Jim, you are indeed an enabler!
Yes, as you can see from the pot of them, I have a few and would be happy to trade with you. I will take anything you are willing to offer. But you are in North Dakota! So we might have to wait a bit. I have rolls of insulation I can use, but dang, it's cold where you are! I just spent hours with a young man in Fargo on the phone at Microsoft tech support there this last week-end.
Here is a photo of what my gloxinia is going to look like.
That's a real beauty!!
Thanks! Every year, it just blows me away that such a thing comes up from a little tuber. I just love watching it grow. The young leaves are so furry, I want to pet them ;-)
The hard part, it when I have to stop watering it and let it die down again.....
The very first Gessie I ever had was a Gloxinia......35 years ago.It was love at first sight.
Do all Gloxinias benefit from a drying out period? I have one that has one lone leaf left. Any advice is welcome.
Thanks!
If it is the kind with large velvety leaves,a florist gloxinia,yes.Smaller growing Sinningias don't always need a rest unless they accidently get too dry and go dormant.
