This is Streptocarpus 'Dale's Scarlet Macaw'. It's got the species dunnii in the ancestry which gives it its really good red color. The plant is quite slow growing at some points though and a bit of patience is required.
This plant produces numerous flowers per bloom stalk and it makes an interesting parent in hybridization. Dale Martens is the hybridizer and it's just one of her many, many cool hybrids!
In keeping with the red theme, this looked like a nice flower to add to the post. It's got the slightly lighter pink edges on the flower and that makes the flower really stand out.
Much to my shame, it's an unnamed Kohleria. Somewhere along the line labels get up in the middle of the night and go missing. Whoopsie.
Even though you don't get the right name, it's still pretty nice to look at on a rainy day.
I got this Strep. at a local garden center (Tonkadale) and it has a really interesting red veining pattern over the hot magenta petal color. The point being that some garden centers and other retail outlets are finding out about the charms of Streptocarpus and hopefully more and more people will start growing them. With the recent explosion of hybridization taking place with Streps there have been some major advancements in pattern and color combinations. It'll be fun to see when they become as popular as petunias!
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