Rob's Love Bite
June pictures and chit chat
Cran-Apple
Hot Tamales.....first bloom
Lucky Ladybug
Wisdom...just starting to open
love Love them all. Love Love Curly Sue. I have one sing. from Mrs. Bonnie, (don't see her around - miss her).White
? Sing are grown from tubers? How do you get them to make tubers? No experince with them at all?? love Love them..
BTW Does anyone know what could be causing the small holes in the leaves? I can't see any insects.I suspected earwigs coming out at night,but haven't caught any.
Lynn
Thanks Helene.
Sinningias just naturally make tubers under the soil.You can also plant a leaf the same way as an African Violet and it will form a tuber eventually.Minis and semis often have extra tubers in the soil,
that is sooo interesting. TU
Wow Lynn! All your plants look so nice! Now, if only I could figure out a way to grow Violets and Streps that well... :)
Helene, to add one more aspect to Sinningia propagation: Most Sinningias are also very easy to propagate by regular stem or tip cuttings. With some species and varieties that's the better method because some Sinningias have a tendency to make "blind tubers" if propagated by leaf, meaning that the leaf will make roots and a tuber but the tuber never sprouts. Some people even cut the tubers into pieces for propagation.
Olaf
Olaf,
I don't know how well I grow them....but I grow them LOL.
Kohleria 'Peridots Potlach':
Kohleria 'Green Goblin'. Any day now.
Kohleria 'Green Goblin'. Whole plant.
Kohleria 'Green Goblin'. Flower closeup.
Very cool,I love the little hairs.
Fuzzy plants are something that I can't get enough of. One of the reasons why I'm so in love with Gesneriads. What I really like about this Kohleria is that it stays VERY compact and is also VERY fuzzy. On top of that, the fuzz is rust colored in good light.
Hope everyone is having a good summer so far. Here's a plant that I bought as a rhizome off eBay around Christmas time.
Kohleria 'Peridot's Rolo'
This is beautiful, Jamie! I just LOVE Iain James' hybrids. They are all fabulous and easy to grow and bloom.
Who did you get it from if I may ask? I love Violets4You. I have bought quite a few rhizomes and tubers from her and have never been disappointed.
I don't remember who the vendor was, but I purchased many different kohleria rhizomes and they all grew eventually (some took as long as 3 months before sprouting).
Strep. Orchid Lace
That Strep is fabulous! I like the colors and the delicate pattern.
I have 'Brocade Velvet' testing my patience today. This one bud is almost there but doesn't want to open just yet... LOL
Both rhizomes and tubers can be very stubborn. With rhizomes, what usually breaks their dormancy (even in genera like Achimenes with a well defined rest period) is to break off the individual scales of the rhizome and sprinkle them on top of some mix just like they were seeds. Within a few weeks, you'll have young plants that look like seedlings and can be treated as such. They usually bloom the same season.
Great pictures Jamie!
Beautiful photos everyone!
Interesting what you said about breaking off the individual scales of achimenes rhizomes, Olaf. I received some from the UK today (Serge's Fantasy) and planted them as received several to a small pot. Fingers crossed they will grow well. When they grow (showing confidence;) I plan to root cuttings also.
A photo here of what this achimenes looks like -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gesneriads/5108096973/
Heidi
Serge's hybrids are off the chain! His photos on flickr have quickly become favorites and so have his plants.
You'll be very happy with the Achimenes. Pinch the tips once or twice and stick them right back into the pot until it's nicely filled. This way, you'll have a nice, bushy and floriferous plant in no time flat. Plus you'll have plenty of material to start even more baskets...
Enjoy!
Olaf
Heidi,
That Achimenes is just gorgeous!
Lynn
Eucodonia 'Tiny Tot'. I love the fuzz.
Alsobia dianthiflora. From seed. I moved them into a 6" bulb pan yesterday. From my last experience I know that if the plant has too much wet soil around its feet, it will rot. And fast. It's like an Episcia but smaller, tougher and more draught and cold tolerant. In fact, it likes the soil to dry out between waterings.
Alsobia 'Cygnet'. A hybrid od Alsobia dianthiflora and Alsobia punctata. It looks like a larger, coarser version of Alsobia dianthiflora nad is grown the same way. Can make a spectacular, large hanging basket.
Well, seems like I'm able to grow named Violets after all... :)
Saintpaulia 'Rob's Tippy Toe'. Waiting for flowers...
Saintpaulia 'Trinket Bluebird'.
Saintpaulia 'Ness' Dynomite'.
You must have a lot of energy LOL!
I am curious.It looks as if you planted the AV leaves with no stem above ground.Is that correct?
I know, right?
One of the Violet leaves almost lost all of its petiole in the mail. I tend to cut the petioles on leaf cuttings pretty short on an angle anyway and have had good success with that method.
Yes I know you can plant them with no stem,but I was wondering if you did it deliberately.Just pondering.....
Lynn
The thing is that I didn't think the leaves would make it. First they got a bit too wet by accident. Then they got a bit too dry by accident. The story of my life... LOL
I have a few rhizomes of Kohleria 'Bach'. I'll give one each to the first six people who write me a dmail with the subject 'Bach'.
Good luck!
Olaf
Rhizomes:
Olaf you are giving away worms.....
Yes, I do! Mea culpa. I'm just saying that they are Kohlerias... LOL
Chirita 'Deco':
Chirita 'Stardust':
