Wednesday, November 16, 2011

What's Bloomin'

 Here's a little small growing Sinningia specosia that I found at a "big box" store about a year ago. It's going to rebloom this week!
 It's entire diameter is about 8" across which makes it about the size of a standard violet but with bigger and more delightful flowers.
 This is a miniature Sinningia called 'Freida'. This is its first bloom here. Looks like it will be a nice medium size and the color is bright and charming.
 How about Ozark 'Pink Sunrise'?
 Finally, I got some flowers on the Streptocarpus saxorum. It's one of the family that has a branching habit. It's caulescent - having a well-developed stem above ground.
 I'm wondering about trying to cross it with something..... hmmm
 This is S. 'Peachy Propeller'. It's like S. 'Gabriel's Horn' in that it has a second row of "petals" (which is actually an altered calyx) but in this case... I was expecting a bit more show out of the flower.
 It's sort of cool, but.... I'll wait and see what it does when it blooms more.
 Sinningia 'Laura'. A classic. Nice color, nice shape and a nice medium growing size that stays good looking.
Here's the sprawling, winding and overall floppy but interesting old-tyme S. 'Apricot Bouquet'. It's always putting out a few flowers here and there and it makes sort of a cheerful addition to the collection.

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