Sinningia for you

I am not promoting Sinningia because the fun of growing Sinningia is its own reward.

It's reasonable to collect many varieties of Sinningia because the plant aspect as well as the characteristic is quite different within this genus. For me the most important is the renewable growth which makes Sinningia as an easy plant to handle with no hesitation.

As mentioned it's very possible to own too many Sinningia, one may become meaningfully picky when making collection. But one always has a free space for a micro miniature Sinningia. Please remember "Penny and penny laid up will be many" ... what a golden saying ! But when such situation does happen in front of you, a golden saying is a mere platitude. Now the poor growing skill may turn to be a favor to solve the dilemma.

Unfortunately, Sinningia is good at survivor games when the outside condition becomes bad. So I said the renewable growth is an excellent technique of Sinningia.

So ... Sinningia for you makes sense !?

Aeschynanthus flavidus

A very special species with bright yellow flower from Sarawak, precisely said it's from the region near Mulu to Brunei. My first impression of Aeschynanthus flavidus happened years ago when I saw its photo on the internet. Now I have the chance to see the real plant and take a photo. It's really beautiful.

Sinn. HCY's Persiphone

The HCY's mini Sinningia with large flower is always adorable. The inheritance of Sinn. speciosa enlarges the flower dimension meanwhile the mini Sinningia keeps the compact and neat foliage. HCY's Persiphone is a very nice variety from such excellent combinations.

Two lovely Episcia

Episcia "Star of Bethlehem"

Episcia "Chocolate Velour"

Wow ... Calyx Double Sinningia !

Just take some photos of the calyx double Sinningia in the neighbor's garden. So good that I don't need to own them and I still have the different flowers to see from time to time. What a bargain deal !

Season of nice foliage

The new sprouts of Kohleria in current season and of course ... these plants are specially selected for their shape and color of foliage.

Eucodonia Woolley Marrione x Hybrid1

I grow this plant from seed which was provided by an oversea friend. I guess the name "Woolley Marrione" equals to "Woolly Morrion" which is commonly known as a variety of Eucodonia andrieuxii. I did not ask for the information of the Hybrid1.

Sinn. Jung's Orange Zest

Another appearance of Sinn. Jung's Orange Zest is revealed. There are 3 new shots with cluster of flowers. The introduction of this new hybrid could be found at this link. This plant blooms all year around, no matter it's cold or hot.

Epithema sp.

Another Gesneriad plant that I never knew ... Epithema ... with very limited information about this genus. The plant itself looks interesting and the flower is tiny. These Thai Epithema grow on shady limestone area, could be a big group when you see them in the wild.

Epithema in Khao Kanab Nam, Krabi

Epithema in Koh Hong, Krabi

  

Photos of Autumn Reunion 2014

Micro-Sinningia , no name

Achimenes "Nightfall"

Mixed Episcia Display

Unfortunately, she doesn't know me.  XD

Sinn. Little Tiger

Unfortunately, she doesn't know me neither. @@

Sinn. kautskyi

Again, I don't know her @@

A new leaf chimera violet (rear 3) - Milk's Ten Cats

Sinn. richii "Robson Lopes" and Calyx Double Sinningia

Cyrtandra splendens 

Saintpaulia "Dear Path"

Saintpaulia ........

xAchimenantha Texas Polar Bear

No information is provided ......

bursting hot pink lava flow

Achimenes "Jewel Pink" in cool November.

Kohleria allenii

A species of Kohleria that accommodates tropical weather. My photos were taken in an open garden in Singapore.  This one is tall, the flower spike is tall as well ... I estimate the whole plant is taller than 2 meters.  Kohleria allenii may bring tough characters to improve those are sensitive about the temperature.  This is another lesson that I have to experiment by making cross with K. allenii.

2014 Taipei Gesneriads Autumn Reunion

Date：2014/11/23 (Sunday) 10AM ~ 4PM
Location : Taipei Public Library B1

Address : No. 125 Section 2 Jianguo South Road Taipei City Taiwan R.O.C. 10659

Poster : Click here

Welcome to Taiwan and join the reunion, there will be plant show and plant sales. Must be interesting !!!

Non-stop Achimenes

It is the slack season of my garden, but actually it shouldn't be.  That's the consequence of travelling too much and handling too many other plants at the same time. The leading lady of the garden is still the Achimenes. :-) Some run out of their blooming capacity but some are about to reaching their peak.

Columnea gloriosa at Gardens by the bay

There are many tropical plants, especially the warm to cool-growing ones are well-transplanted in the cool dome of Gardens by the bay, Singapore. I heard of it before but I just had a chance to visit this dome few weeks ago. Although it's an artificial habitat, the growing condition tends to fit the requirement of tropical cloudy forest based on using less power consumption. Columnea gloriosa looks like doing happy dance in this dome greenhouse. The gorgeous orange flowers are impressed.

Paraboea sp. on limestone cliff

สวัสดี ครับ.
I'm a tourist.
Seeing lovely plant is a bonus.
Island hopping is tired but worthy. :)

These Paraboea plants grow high on the limestone cliff which raised from the sea. They are tough plants as they are exposed under the sun and monsoon storm from Andaman sea. I can just use my zoom lens to take a zoom-in photo. I can not show further details but I presume that it is a Paraboea due to the plant style and the seed pod. And southern Thailand is a very important habitat for Paraboea, there are many new species discovered in recent years. These beautiful islands belong to Than Bok Khorani National Park. The islands are accessible via speedboat or traditional Thai fishing boat called "long-tail boat".

small speedboat and long-tail boat