2024年12月22日

It's cold but colorful

It's winter now, the weather is cold and grey (lack of sunshine) here in Taipei. Fortunately we have colorful Smithiantha to brighten up our greenhouse.





2024年12月11日

Primulina Summer Song

Classic lavender blue blooms. Easy bloomer. The foliage is tight and rosette growing. The blooms can be a lot from a well-developed plant.




2024年11月29日

Right time for Smithiantha

Winter is coming here , the best time of the Smithiantha in the subtropical Taiwan. Cool to warm during the day but a bit cooler at night, the plant thrives.






2024年11月22日

New Appearance

About an year ago, I got a young plant from a friend when I met him in a local plant show. He is a gesneriad hybridizer, especially the Primulina. He gave this miniature hybrid to me. I knew it's a Primulina but I have no idea what it was because it was a new appearance to me.

The parent plants of this hybrid are new the public , I guess.  But I don't have any further information. The members of Primulina are increasing in the last decade. Too new to know them all Orz.








2024年10月27日

Red and veining

It looks good to me.


2024年9月22日

Sinningia Seedlings

It's the right time to raise these seedlings, the Sinningia takes only a few months to bloom. It's worthwhile for me who can't stand waiting.





2024年8月31日

The end of August

Hopefully next month will be cooler, then the colorful blooming season of Smithiantha can be expected.




2024年8月13日

Distinctive Sinningia

Many hybrid enthusiasts are looking for both beautiful leaves and blooms presenting on a Sinningia. It seems workable because we have some species in hand and they are distinctive in their leaves or blooms. Just need an idea about how to exactly combine the characters in a new plant. :)




2024年7月29日

Tough Summertime

Only Episcia is happy :-)





2024年6月30日

Primulina wentsaii

It requires direct sunlight and mixed rocky medium according to the limestone habitat. Primulina wentsaii is characteristic plant and absolutely not a greenhouse flower.




2024年6月21日

Tiny Wood Trail

Tiny Wood Trail (L.Ray).
Single blue bell. Miniature trailer.

It grows well in the greenhouse and easy to bloom.





2024年5月22日

Eye candy for always

Two Sinningia pants that are easy to see the flowers above the foliage. Never let me down.




2024年5月19日

Primulina liujiangensis

Easy plant with beautiful foliage and flowers.



2024年4月5日

Two Primulina pungentisepala

Primulina is a very interesting plant ... sometimes the variation within a same species makes me confused. I show you 2 Primulina pungentisepala , the flowers are similar but the foliage don't.





2024年3月24日

Primulina heterochroa x pungentisepala

Unfortunately , the color is not deep yellow or ocher as P. heterochroa. Only some seedlings show light yellow and most of them are lavender.





2024年2月26日

Early Spring

Just a few flowers in this early spring ... it's cold tonight.






2024年1月28日

Smithiantha after cold snap

The growth of Smithiantha doesn't stop and keep blooming although the temp. dropped down to Celsius 6 degrees during the past week.


Designer's Clown Festival



2024年1月17日