2014年5月30日

May in Bloom

Below photos will tell you why .....
And what I have to advise is that the sunlight is the best for the plants and for photography because the true color shows. What a scrumptious season for Sinningia !














2014年5月26日

Final Call

The summer is coming ... soon the planting tunnel will become very hot, then the flowering season ends.









2014年5月23日

Kohleria HCY's Pink Diamond

Mr. HCY who is a very famous Gesneriad hybridizer in Taiwan, showed me this new cultivar last week, this plant bloomed with pink flower against the silver foliage which was really impressed. I was advised that the single flower can last more than 3 weeks and it is capable to bloom with the growth from time to time.



2014年5月19日

Sinn. Pirate's Aloha Atoll, Pirate's Engaging Ring, Pirate's Mustache

Again, beautiful flowers at beautiful moment.

Sinn. Pirate's Aloha Atoll combined the purple and white, without complicated or fancy patterns at all. The plant size is a bit huge among mini Sinn. but luckily the bloom capability is good. So the whole plant still keeps its proportion balanced.

Although this is an old hybrid of my own, Pirate's Engaging Ring is one of the most commonly seen Pirate's mini Sinn. that you can get from the growers or sellers. The plant is cute, small and smooth, sometimes it blooms with semi double.

I must say Pirate's Mustache is also a huge mini Sinn. but the foliage is neat and flat which makes it a good base to show many light blue flowers above. For this kind of mini Sinn. , no need to complain the plant size because the flowers make you up.

2014年5月13日

Sinn. Pirate's Petite Chili, Pirate's Daniel, Pirate's Glassy Rabbit

Beautiful flowers at beautiful moment.

Sinn. Pirate's Petite Chili, I grow it at my windows sill, a semi open area. Only at this moment it can bloom like this because the weather is still mild, not tough. This flower comes with clear-cut red and white, decorated with irregular bold linear dots on white as well.
Sinn. Pirate's Daniel at my planting house where the moisture is usually high. The flower petals can fully open and the color contrast is sharp. Sinn. Pirate's Daniel features smaller foliage but the flower is relatively large and many.
Sinn. Pirate's Glassy Rabbit at my windows sill. Very simple color but also performs well with its neat flowers. The growth is quite aggressive and never shy to bloom.


2014年5月11日

母親節快樂 ! Happy Mother's Day !

Wise man said : A man's work is from sun to sun, but a mother's work is never done. Wishing all our mom's a very happy mother's day.

僅以當令盛開迷你岩桐,致意全天下辛勞的媽媽們,母親節快樂 !




2014年5月8日

Sinn. Bananas Foster

It is the season of Sinningia, many of them grow so fast and bloom in short time after they wake up from their dormancy. It is also a busy season for me because I have to re-pot and fertilize them as the growth bursts in a moment, I don't want to miss the timing. Like this Bananas Foster, if I didn't transfer it in a bigger pot and re-new the mixed soil a month ago, it may not bloom well.



2014年5月7日

鱗莖有價出讓 (結束)

2014 鱗莖有價出讓,提供以下品種
點選品種名稱即會出現花圖連結,請參考


除 Achimenes Jewel Pink 外
其他都是已發芽可立刻種下的健康鱗莖
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訂購內容請告知需要的品種,數量及規格
確認後會回覆匯款帳號再請買方提供收件資訊
待確認款項入帳後,一律以郵局掛號寄出
不管買多少,費用皆由賣方負擔,但郵寄地區僅限台灣本島
其他地區花友就不用再特意來詢問了
以上,先感謝大家理解 ~

2014年5月6日

2014 Spring Gesneriads Show ~ Sinningia

Just a few Sinningia and other Gesneriads entries for this spring show, probably due to some main growers were absent. What a pity ! But I still found new and interesting hybrids on the show tables. People here are always working hard to do something new. So exciting !!!

Fu's mini sinn.

Sinn. Connect the dots

New calyx double Sinningia seedling, do you see the unusual part ?

Hairy Sinningia collection XD

Fu's mini sinn.

Obviously no one doubts me if I say this is a hybrid made from Sinn. guttata :-)

Sinn. HCY's Cherry Bells, this entry is very well-developed. The flower size is 1/2 bigger than normal size. Really an eye-catching plant !!!

An interesting cross between Sinn. Laura and Sinn. aghensis (not sure which is pollen or seed parent), I was informed there are only 2 seedlings from this cross.

Fu's mini sinn.

Fu's mini sinn.

2014年5月5日

2014 Spring Gesneriads Show ~ African Violets

The show was taken place on 4th May for only 1 day, from 10AM to 4PM. There were many well-developed african violets this year. African violets played as the main role in this spring show as far as I can see. Just Beautiful !!! For more photos from other photographer, please click TBG