Photos courtesy of Dale Martens
This miniature Sinningia was from my hybrid work but
I never grow it. In fact I provided some seeds to my "Pirate's Partner", then he
sowed and raised the seedlings, he did selection and named this plant as well.
In a certain occasion, this beauty was shared to Ms. Dale Martens in the United
States. That's why nowadays the people know this cultivar well because she did a
great grower's job and introduced it to the public. Thanks to Dale.
The start of my miniature Sinningia collections
began in 2006, our own hybrids bear the alpha name "Pirate's". But why
"Pirate's" ? There is an interesting background. When I started to pollinate
miniature Sinningia, I have a few plants only and there were not many available
varieties in that time as miniature Sinningia was a newly introduced
gesneriad cultivar in Taiwan. It was hard to get mini Sinn. within the island
but fortunately Dolly ( famous Taiwanese grower who owns the website http://www.dollyyeh.idv.tw/ ) went to
AGGS (or TGS today) often and brought some miniature Sinningia back. I
shared the same greenhouse with her before, so I had the chance to "steal" the
pollen from her plants while they were blooming. But such "stealing" was agreed
since she knew I was trying the hybrid work of miniature Sinningia. OK, since I
"stole", then my achievement should be something like piracy, the proper alpha
name for my series must be "Pirate's" instead of any alpha name related to my
personal property.
I am glad to see that many new creation of
miniature Sinningia are announced day by day. This means I have more chance to
choose the "Ready" plants for just grower's fun and this is what I was eager to
do in the past when it was difficult to get a qualified miniature
Sinningia.
Anyway, just the bellyaching in 10 years
anniversary of Pirate's Mini Sinn. Never mind !!! XD
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