Achimenes 'Golden Jubilee', Alsobia sp 'Chiapias', Kohleria and a Rhipsalis eliptica For Good Measure!

 Let's start out this with a really lovely Kohleria. These are a couple of beauties from the Janice O. collection!

Kohleria are a rhizomatous plant which is defined by "TheFreeDictionary" as rhi·zome (r z m ). n. A horizontal, usually underground stem that often sends out roots and shoots from its nodes.

You will note that the flowers are wonderfully fuzzy!

 This is a rather newly found Alsobia called Alsobia sp 'Chiapas'. Ron Myhr's Gesneriad Reference Web (which is a phenomenal reference tool) says:

Plants in the genus Alsobia are considered by some botanists to belong to the genus Episcia, and this is the preference of the Smithsonian.  I have placed it in Alsobia for consistency with the rest of the site, and because this has become the typical practice.  

This particularly newly introduced species has not yet been assigned a specific name, but is similar to Alsobia punctata.  Some have referred to it as Alsobia sp. 'Chiapas', after the location where it was found, but it is best referred to by its accession number, USBRG 1994-005. 

The fimbriate lip on this species is also characteristic of some other species, like Paradrymonia ciliosa, while the frilly edges to all lobes is found in Alsobia dianthiflora.

 How about this Achimenes 'Golden Jubilee'??? Always bright, large flowers on compact and fairly upright growing foliage.

 Now this, although not a gesneriad is pretty cool too. It's a Rhipsalis elliptica. It's a member of the Cactaceae family native to Brazil.

It's just starting to come into bloom now!


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