Some Kohlerias

The Kohleria flowers are adorable. I'm trying to cross them, and I just sowed my first seed , waiting and looking forward to what's going on next.

Niphaea oblonga

A beautiful Gesneriad ! I like this floribunda plant, the white color is so pure upon the nice medium green foliage, very showy but with a comfortable and natural style. :)

Strep. Seedlings 20090524

The last beautiful moment for these cape primroses. The hot summer is coming in Taiwan ..... Both seedlings are over 6cm in diameter, I will expect what is the most they can do in the winter time.

The chaos of red & white mini-Sinningia

It's not really a chaos, but the red and the white collides a contrastive color presentation on mini-Sinningias. Hard to harmonize both colors, but sometimes I'm surprised at few results which were not expected.

Mini Sinningia ... but the size matters :-)

The bigger , the better?

Basically I agree the large flower is good for showing off, at least it is easily to be seen, you don't need a microscope. :-) Large flower is heavy, the flower stalk has to be strong enough to avoid the nodding face.

Sinn. Seedling ~ a tiny blue one

Just my personal opinion, my ideal blue/purple mini-Sinnigia is a bit difficult to be done. Because the blue/purple have unique characters, they are difficult to tolerate with others. This small medium blue seedling seems ok but I should expect something more creative.

Strep. Feathers On Ice

Not really remember why I have this plant survived from the devil heat of last summer. But it does live well now and gives flowers by return. Hopefully it will pass this hot summer which is coming soon.

Kohleria Longwood

A terrific Kohleria grower, it has unusual huge flower shape plus charming vivid red spots. One of my favorite Kohlerias. (Courtesy of Mr. Ader who grows this nice plant for photography)

Sinn. Seedlings 20090511

Recent seedlings of miniature Sinningia, comments are welcome if any. (Courtesy of Mr. Little Stone who grows these plants for photography)

Sinn. Pirate's Bulgaria Rose

This named Sinningia is also the self-pollination offspring of "Pirate's Smoky Eye" but it got bigger flower shape in diameter and pink color. As you can see the mother plant isn't reddish or pinkish appearance, so this Pirate's Bulgaria Rose can show that "Pirate's Smoky Eye" is capable to give pinkish inheritance when using it in hybridization. The color seems to the famous perfume roses of Bulgaria, therefore I called it "Pirate's Bulgaria Rose". Good bloomer and compact foliage. Courtesy of Mr. Ader who has taken that nice shot with black background.

Sinn. Pirate's Panguno Rakaso

The birth of Pirate's Panguno Rakaso gives a new color presentation of my mini-Sinningia collection. Dark purple dots on white with lavender thumbprint. The lavender thumbprint will disappear during hot weather as you can see the difference between both photos. The aboriginal name "Panguno Rakaso" means the "mountain quartz" which refers to the snowy peak of highest mountain in Taiwan.

Sinn. Pirate's Black Dawn

The deep purple with velvet sheen, I don't think the digital camera can handle well. Photo courtesy of Mr. Ader who has tried to do his best and finally we got a fine one although it's still not the 100% same as Pirate's Black Dawn is.

Sinn. HCY's Justice Gundam

A wonderful hybrid of Sinningia Dircaea Clade. Easy to grow and it's a floribunda. HCY's Justice Gundam gives the nice flower on the fuzzy foliage. Lovely!

Strep. Hybrid Selection 20090504

A splendiferous color combination , and the flower shape is round with slim white edge. This is something that can catch my eyes so far.

Sinn. Pirate's Berry Tart

Last year I meant to do some "RED" mini-Sinningias, and there are some "RED" offsprings since the early of 2009. I have this selection from the similar seedlings. This Pirate's Berry Tart is truly raspberry color or even brighter and also a good bloomer. (Courtesy of Mr. Little Stone who grows this nice plant for photography)

Sinn. Pirate's Glacier Wind

I am really into making cross between miniature Sinningias, but sometimes I try the self-pollination on specific grower. Self-pollination is a good experience to know how the inheritance of your Sinningia can be. Check this "Pirate's Glacier Wind" which is one of self-pollination of "Pirate's Smoky Eye", it keeps the lavender upper petals and white lower petals but the patch on the throat is different-marked. A new style as you can see. :) (Courtesy of Mr. Little Stone who grows this nice plant for photography)

Sinn. Seedlings 20090502

Some new mini-Sinningia seedlings in early summer, the temp. is raising , the best time of a year for Sinningia.