Color Oriented

Despite other important characters of miniature sinningia, the color patterns of the flower should be the most common stuff that people looks for. The flowers must be impressed as long as it's only color oriented.

focus on the foliage

Some Kohleria seedlings own the interesting foliage which can be the focus apart from the flowers.

Kohleria "Designer's Vogue Autumn"

red tube, with pollen
red upper petal and yellow-orange lower petal
radiates dark red/bold stripes and dots from center
brightly colored flower, very showy
records of 4 buds per leaf axil so far
± 3cm as the flower diameter
able to bloom simultaneously per different layers of axil
soft, fuzzy, ovum-like foliage
mediun green with darker veining
12 inches height in a 4 inches pot
upright, medium-sized cultivar

Kohleria "Designer's Vogue Summer"

red tube, without pollen
deep rosy-red petal with darker red spots
records of 5 buds per leaf axil
can be more than 5, I suppose
flower diameter equals to ± 3cm
single flower seems much smaller comparing to the big leaf
but able to bloom simultaneously per different layers of axil
so the total flower quantity fixs such flaw of proportion
foliage with rough texture, mediun green
16 inches height in a 4 inches pot
upright and tall cultivar

Episcia Heartland's Graybeard and ??

I love Episcia, but I always have no time to take care of them, even I forgot the name ..... maybe too easy-growing is a flaw ... XD

Bicolor Miniature Sinningia

Such color patterns (white/pink ; white/lavender) seem easy to get from the cross with Sinn. "Isabelle" as long as another parentage is slightly bicolor patterned. I rarely used "Isabelle" for crossing, it's a classic beauty but its heredity is quite limited, "the white and the dots", which is not creative nowadays. If the bicolor is preferred, try Sinn. "Isabelle", but set a target of creating a heavy bloomer at least.

Kohleria "Designer's Sunny Bouquet"

orange-red tube, with pollen
petal color as sunflower yellow with darker red spots
so far, records of 6 buds per leaf axil
± 3cm as the flower diameter
capable to bloom simultaneously per different layers of axil
soft, fuzzy, ovum-like foliage
mediun green with light-red edged
average 11~15 inches height in a 4~5 inches pot
upright, medium-sized cultivar

Funky Kohleria

A Kohleria seedling, silver veining leaves with hanging flower ... so funky and alternative.

early summer of mini-sinningias

In Taiwan , the temp. during April to May is decent for miniature sinningia, after a short dormancy in the cold months, the new sprouts grow fast at this period. Good weather helps to get best quality blooms of many varieties, but some requires higher temp. to show off their fascinating colors.