Gesneriads

[TeeGee]

Earlier this year I purchased a collection of "Gesneriads" and few have just come into flower so I thought I would pop them in here for you to have a look at;

Columnea x banksii - The Goldfish Plant;





Aeschynanthus - Scooby Doo



Streptocarpus saxorum; (Note the different type of leaves from a normal Streptocarpus, yet the flower is similar)

[Rosefriend]

I think it must have been 15-20 years ago that I grew Streptocarpus saxorum regularly every summer - an easy plant to grow and a really good summer flower. I used to take cuttings each year until I think I got a bit bored with them.

About 5 years ago they made a come back in the GC's here and just today I saw a load of hanging baskets with them in..had they been a little cheaper I would have got one just for cuttings....

Lovely pics TeeGee, thanks..

RF

[Tig]

Very nice TeeGee, Scooby Doo is my favourite

[andy]

Lovely family of plants...used to grow all the columneas and Aeschynanthus (common name is lipstick vine) in the palm house and the Streptacarpus, Gloxinias and Gesnerias in the cooler greenhouses,

[TeeGee]

Further progress with my Gesneriads;

Scooby Doo has got bigger and what I thought were flowers before were actually calyxes this is how the flower has developed;
(see original above for differences)



This is another genus that has just come into flower!

The flower is about 15mm long or a little over ½" long

Codonatanthus - Tambourine;