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 !

Final Call

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

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.

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.

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.

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 !

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.