Bloomed for me just in time to make my Mothers Day. Grown from seed that Keyring sent me.
Sinn.Purple Crest
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Sinn Sp. Ac1530 has been in bloom for the longest time.
Happy Mothers Day ladies.
hi Jan!
Nicely done! My AC1503 has long since dropped its flowers :-( I should have grown it better ...
Once you get multiple crowns on Purple Crest, you'll find you get a lot of blooms. These sinningias really do better on their 2nd and 3rd bloomings.
Hi Ki,
Thanks.I really enjoy growing these plants. There just beautiful. Will it rest after blooming? Then branch?
You did so great with those, jannich. From seed to a blooming plant deserves a lot of credit. Very nice indeed.
Jan, I am impressed!!!!! That requires a lot of patience......I am finding out that a lot of plants in this family don't necessarily have pretty foliage until they get older like your purple beauty.
Hi Jan, it doesn't branch, but rather it sends out new growths from the tuber. Do you only have one crown now? The growth that has flowered will die back in time. I find mine keeps sending out new growths so it's never truly dormant, although it is not always in bloom. It tends to slow down after a blooming spree - last fall I had 4 or 5 crowns blooming (18 or so flowers) - after that it bloomed on one crown which is now dead, and currently the new growths are still young.
Jan, these are small but yours is beautiful!!!!
No wonder the name of this one is 'Scarlet Red'
I got so excited at the sale I didn't even realize I got two of the same color....red throat working out to the edges with reddish pink (but no scarlet color)
Jann, they is a really pretty plant. And you grew it from seed, I'm impressed!
Thank you! These are pretty amazing plants.
Gail,You got so great plants at the sale!
Thanks Ki,I'll no what to look for now.You had 18 flowers on yours.Must have been beautiful!
If I take a leaf from AC 1530 will it form a tuber? Still learning here.lol.
leaf will probably form a tuber, and may send out a growth but may not.... Some sinningias will not bloom if propagated from a leaf. Crown/tip cuttings work, and apparently so does bloom stalk propagation:
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1601/1802724/3579975/55796471.jpg
As it's a species (not a hybrid), seed propagation is also possible of course.
Jan, hold on to your big purple so you can have 18 flowers, too................
Thanks Ki,I put down 2 bloom stalks,one split, one not (like the link showed)and a leaf.I will see which one works better to get a tuber.If they all take I'll have plenty of these plants.LOL.I tryed for seeds but I haven't seen a seed pod yet.
good, because I would eventually love one!!!!
gail
Hi Jan,
I too, have these seeds from Keyring! (Thank you again,Ki! ) But mine are just coming up!
How old is your plant?
Dawna
Hi there Dawna,Purple crest is 8 months old. Keyring is a sweetie sharing all her seeds with us.!