Hi Everyone, I think streps actually like me!! Here a couple of my heavy bloomers right now.The front one is Bristols Dilby Gwen,and the back one is Bristols Tropical Twister.I am anxiously awaiting for my Bristols Sixth Scents to open.It should be any day now. Anyone else have any Streps to Show?? Please post your Blooms here!! They are fast becoming a favorite of mine.
Smiles......Nancy
I don't own any I am sorry to say. Those are really pretty flowers.
Nancy,
Love those blooms! I'm going to have to get one someday :-)
Sharon
here is sylvia,
bonnie
Thanks for the compliments everyone. : ) They have both been blooming like crazy for the past month and I am still seeing new buds forming. I should have a few babies to happily share in the spring of both with my fellow DG'ers : )
Nancy
WOW Bonnie,I Love Sylvia!! Her colors are Amazing!! : )
Nancy
Beautiful blooms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All so very, very pretty!
Those are really lovely, Nancy!! Good growin!!
I have a couple of Bristol varieties as well! Streps must be pretty happy plants because my mother manages to grow them too (and she has a black thumb). She picked these up at the big fall plant festival at the USF Botanical Gardens. The local AV society and the Gesneriad Club set up a booth together. Nice people and you get to buy varieties you don't see everywhere. Below is Bristol's Black Cherry.
Here's Bristol's Phaser Blast. Love the name!
And this one, Blue Network, has not stopped blooming since we brought it home (about a month ago).
they are all beautiful!
Gorgeous!!!
I have a little baby of 'Party Girl' that's still a long way from first bloom, I think. When we were down in NC, I picked up this lovely... 'Iced Amethyst Show-Off'. I didn't even know that there were streps with variegated leaves! If we had been heading home from Winston-Salem rather than going to the beach for a week and a half, I would have indulged in some new AVs also, and I'm regretting not picking up a little 'Iced Pink Flamingo' that she had also.... But I'm delighted with my new purple one!!
Here it is at the beach. My MIL found the perfect container for it... a vase that her mother used for years to make altar arrangements! She didn't offer at first, and I didn't ask, but after the plant had sat around all week looking gorgeous in this vase, she packed it up that last morning and told me I had to take it along. She's a lovely lady! :-)
Oh, I should add that I trimmed back a couple of damaged leaves and put leaf cuttings down from them... I hope some of you are propagating yours also! We will have such fun with spring trades! (I need another plant stand... again) ;-)
I have three Steps and just love 'em. I posted one of Dibley's Crystal Beauty last week, but I don't mind showing her off again...
Also have Dibley's Laura,
Last, I have Bristol's Bluebird. I just love this one with it's striking deep blue w/black throat and two white eyes. Ü
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Beautiful blooms everyone. Nice job.
Laura
What BEAUTIFUL Plants! I got three little Strep's from a DG'er for postage last week and bought my first little one from Rob's Violets that came in the mail yesterday. I can't wait for them to grow and bloom. I think if I can keep these alive, I will be hooked! They are so gorgeous! I have about 10 AV's but this is my first try at Strep's. I also bought 3 Chirita's from Rob's Violets. I need to read more about the Strep's and Chirita's to make sure I take proper care of them. Hope to trade with some of y'all some day!
Thanks for sharing all your nice photo's!
Lin
Just gorgeous! I am not very good w/ them but sure wish I was.
Jill you lucky thing- you know I love variegated plants!!!
Something I noticed in the photo's .... I didn't realize Strep's had such large leaves! Maybe the ones I got in trade are mini's?? One is called 'Concord Blue' and I think the other two are white .... but they all have real tiny leaves!
The one I bought at Rob's Violet's ( 'Cantebury Surprise' ) does have a bit larger leaves than the 3 that I got in trade. But, nothing like the ones in you all's photo's!
I just Love that 'Bristol's Black Cherry' and also that 'Bristol's Blue Bird' !!! I've never really been partial to blue flowering plants before, but have found some I that I REALLY want, just from seeing some of the photo's folks here at DG have posted!
Lin
Lin I am not an expert but I have noticed that some have larger leaves than others. How tiny is tiny?
'Concord Blue' is a Streptocarpella, which I think is a hybrid. It does have soft little leaves, and smaller blooms, and sort of a floppy, trailing habit. I found out about it when I brought one home from the LGS last month! I've recently discovered that cuttings will root nicely in just a glass of water... good to know!
Some of the strep leaves do get huge, and the ones on mine are pretty floppy, which is why I think it looks so great in that elegant urn-shaped vase. I think I've heard that you can trim the leaves back if you have space issues, and the plant will still bloom...
plantladylin - Are you sure your Concord Blue is a streptocarpus and not a streptocarpella? if so, quite a bit different with small about 1" velvety leaves.
Variegated streptocarpus Canterbury Surprise can become a nice large plant in time.
LOL...critter and I typing at the same time.
Just Beautiful,Mellie,DonM,Critter.Those are all so gorgeous! : )
When I bought mine, it was labeled "Streptocarpus," but the only "Concord Blue" I found when I looked for more info online was a Streptocarpella... and the photos definitely matched my plant!
My 'Party Girl' strep is still very small, but I think it will grow up to be one with big leaves. The longest leaf can't be much more than 2 inches now... but it has several leaves now and is definitely starting to grow! It was a tiny start when I got it, and it actually lost one of its two leaves but hung on for months with a single half-inch leaf in the pot. I hope it continues to do well, as it'll be such fun to watch it grow up!
I was googling for an image of it just now and discovered it's actually 'Bristol's Party Girl', one of Rob's hybrids... Here's a link to Rob's photo of it https://www.robsviolet.com/party_girl.htm
Hi All;
I have quite a few streps. They do grow large at least most do.My favorites are the fantasy blooms, like party girl etc.Some how i got hooked on them besides my sinningia's.I am looking for the tiny streps now, they have 1 on ebay called little boy blue thats adorable.I think thats it's name.Most are rather large.
bonnie
Variegated strep 'Canterbury Surprise' -
Strep 'Bristol's Sunset' plant -
'Bristol's Sunset' blossom -
Strep 'Spiritual Corridor' (Thompson) -
Oh man I love Bristol's Sunset. That ones going on my list.
You sure have some great looking plants- clearly you you are doing everything right!
spiritual corridor has always been one of my favorites,so glad i have that one. All the photo's are just beautiful.I have noticed most of my streps are blooming now, what a sight to see.
bonnie
april - You will like B's Sunset as it is a very reliable bloomer.
mrsbonnie - We need pictures!
Beautiful plants y'all, I love the Dibley's Crystal Beauty and Bristol's Sunset. I recently got to go to a woman's house that sells Streps on ebay and raises them in her basement. She had about 100 stock plants, but at that time she was low on babies for sale. I picked out one named 'Paper Moon' that I fell in love with, but she did'nt have one for sale. It was awesome to see all of the blooming plants in one place. I got a few very small plants, none are blooming. It was real interesting though to see the propogating process. She takes a leaf, splits it down the middle and removes the large vein. She then places the leaf horizontally into the soil about 1/4". Babies popped up along the leaf at the veins. She must have had at least 30 babies on one leaf. It was pretty amazing as I had never seen it done before. I've never had much luck with Streps until recently when I bought one that was in a clay pot. That was the secret - the clay pot kept me from drowning the poor thing and it flourished, now I look like I know what I'm doing. I've always admired the beautiful blooms, if you have the room some can get quite large and beautiful.
SusanGa - Did you go to Kathy's? The B's Sunset shown is growing in a clay pot but I do grow them in plastic also. I alter the soil mix depending on what type of pots are being used.
Daniel
