Happy Lunar New Year

Sometimes when we look back the road that we went through, the beautiful things remain as time went by.

Designer's Honey Melon

Designer's Tropical Fish

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

Smithiantha Designer's Tropical Fish

Not the best yet but the beginning to the perfect.

Smithiantha 'Designer's Islamic Garden'

垂筒苣苔 '設計師的伊斯蘭花園'

total plant height around 12"
植物全株高約30公分
medium to small Smithiantha hybrid

中至小型的垂筒苣苔交配種
medium green foliage

中綠色葉
dense inflorescence and long-lasting

花序密集且花壽長
white tubular corolla, rose patterns on petals with light yellow center

白色外筒,花瓣上玫瑰色花紋,淡黃色花心
plant and spike proportion is around 5:5

株身與花序的比例約 5:5

Designer's Bridal Saree

One of my previous Smithiantha hybrids and I always have this one in my best parentage list for hybridization. It is a very strong plant that can produce dense inflorescence / flower cluster which is the essential character for a showy Smithiantha.

Antique Pink

ดูเหมือนสีเก่าเก่าแต่ว่าน่ารักดี แค่ฝึกภาษาเฉยเฉย ไม่ได้หมายความว่าอะไร

My Smithiantha

Finally, the heavy blooms come ...

Flowers

Time for Chinese New Year and it's also the time for the beginning of flowering season.

Smithiantha 'Designer's Thai Smile'

垂筒苣苔 '設計師的泰國微笑'

total plant height around 15"
植物全株高約15英吋
medium Smithiantha hybrid
中型的垂筒苣苔交配種
green foliage

綠色葉

pink to hot pink, large and dense flowers 
粉至深粉色的花朵密集且大
pure pinkish outside
純粉紅色外筒
pinkish inside center is white to pale yellow

粉紅色內筒,花心白至淡黃色
plant and spike proportion is around 6:4
株身與花序的比例約 5:5

Squat Smithiantha

'Designer's Tropical Fish' is a squat Smithiantha hybrid, max. around 12 inches in total, the plant is compact and the flowers are dense. Since I was aware of the plant height of Smithiantha is sometimes a problem in cultivation, that's why I have some crosses which the plant height is considered as the target character.

Smithiantha 'Designer's Lava Flow'

垂筒苣苔 '設計師的熔岩流'

total plant height around 22"
植物全株高約22英吋
medium to large Smithiantha hybrid
中至大型的垂筒苣苔交配種
medium green foliage 

中綠色葉

light wheat flowers, long-lasting 
淡小麥色,花壽長
few red freckles outside
外筒帶些許紅色斑

heavy red dots and strips inside

內筒有濃重的紅色點線
plant and spike proportion is around 6:4
株身與花序的比例約 6:4

Smithiantha remains

Since it's a cool spring, the flowers remain in good condition. I have received a few inquiries about the purchase of rhizomes, but I am not sure what will be the harvest. The sale will be happened as long as the rhizomes are qualified.

Designer's Tropical Fish

A pink hybrid

Episcia + Smithiantha + Sinnigia

It's the season that combines different plants. The beginning of Smithiantha, the end of Episcia and the good time of Sinningia.

La Belle Époque

El jardin se llenó de las flores de plantas Gesneriads, me gustan mucho, y tu ?

Smithiantha 'Designer's Honey Melon'

垂筒苣苔 '設計師的哈蜜瓜'

total plant height around 25"
植物全株高約25英吋
medium to large Smithiantha hybrid
中至大型的垂筒苣苔交配種
green foliage with dark green veins
綠葉帶墨綠色葉脈
long-lasting and dense flowers
花壽長且花朵密集
clear-cut two-tone color
清晰的內外雙色花
orange outside, pale yellow inside
花筒橘色,花臉淺黃色
plant and spike proportion is around 6:4
株身與花序的比例約 6:4

Smithiantha 'Designer's Honey Pomelo'

垂筒苣苔 '設計師的蜜柚'

total plant height around 12"
植物全株高約12英吋
medium Smithiantha hybrid
中型的垂筒苣苔交配種
green foliage with red veins
綠色葉帶紅脈
long-lasting and dense flowers
花壽長且花朵密集
soft/light two-tone color
輕柔的內外雙色花
orange outside, pale pink inside
花筒橘色,花臉淺粉色
plant and spike proportion is around 5:5
株身與花序的比例約 5:5

Smithiantha 'Designer's Honey Plum'

垂筒苣苔 '設計師的蜜李'

total plant height around 14"
植物全株高約14英吋
medium Smithiantha hybrid
中型的垂筒苣苔交配種
medium green foliage
中綠色葉
long-lasting and dense flowers

花壽長且花朵密集

pleasing two-tone color
討喜的內外雙色花
orange outside, rosy plum inside
花筒橘色,花臉玫瑰李子色
plant and spike proportion is around 5:5
株身與花序的比例約 5:5

Smithiantha 'Designer's Burning Cloud'

Bright orange Smithiantha blooms densely above the green foliage. This classic color of Smithiantha is something that never fades away.

Latest Smithiantha in Taiwan

Probably the latest flowering Smithiantha in Taiwan ... yeah but they just start. XD

Idyllic Smithiantha

They are in the air conditioner office in Singapore, Smithiantha still grows and flowers normally. With different way of culture in the tropic, we understand Smithiantha can easily sprout and flower as long as the temperature is right.

Designer's Peach Puff

Designer's Gold Mine