State Fair Fun

 The winning entry at the Great Minnesota State Fair 2010 was this wonderfully grown Columnea sanguinea.

Note the darker patches that would be very visible if the leaves were viewed from the underside. These patches attract hummingbirds to the flowers which appear UNDER the leaves.

 This is a really, really cool example of Petrocosmea rosettifolia. Note the spiral pattern of the leaves and the many rows of leaves. This is an exceptional plant.

 Another Petrocosmea... 'Shortin' Bread'. One of the few hybrids developed so far in the Petrocosmeas.

 You want a mini-Sinningia now, don't you? This is Ozark 'Rosey Cheeks'.

 This is quite a bold color and great small plant that grows alongside your African violets. Ozark 'Blazing Embers'.

Apologies for not getting a good shot of the flower's face. Another nice plant, Ozark 'Pink Popcorn'.

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Perry after the Flower

Here's our Perry now, about  a month after his flower was open. Now Perry will rest for a while and then begin to send up a single leaf. The leaf will look somewhat like the smaller plant to the left of Perry in the photo. Titans send up just one compound leaf that will grow quite large and gather energy for the underground corm (hopefully enlarging it) so that in a year or two the process starts all over again and yet one more single, monster size flower will be produced.