My New Streptocarpus bloomed!

[Hiester]

Originally Posted by RandomGemini

That, I would be interested in trying. How are you watering the seedlings? Self-watering container?

Right now they are in the bottom of one of those clear plastic strawberry containers from the grocery store that has several air vents all around the top and the bottom. I've been keeping a piece of plastic wrap lying loosely over the top. I place a double thickness of paper towel on the bottom which come up the sides about an inch. I just use a squirt bottle to wet the paper towel from the outside right now. Once the seedlings are big enough to actually see... *grin* I'll start opening it up and spritzing with a bottle. I wish now I had made the potting mix a little bit deeper, say about two inches. I have about an inch and I don't know if that will support the seedlings until the first transplant into a compot. I hope it does.

These were the smallest seeds I have ever worked with. I'm amazed at how tiny they are. I imagine orchid seeds being just about the same.

[orchidsarefun]

I have a couple of these, very easy to grow and also really easy to overwater. They set pods on just about every flower. I haven't grown from seed - good luck - but I just wanted to say that they grow very quickly from leaf cuttings, seems like much faster than other gesneriads.
They bloom more often....than orchids, come in exotic colours and are small ! Everyone should have a couple.

[Hiester]

I received my three Streptocarpus plants from the Violet Barn today. All are very healthy looking plants, though they are still small. Their cups are about a 2 fluid ounce size. I got anxious to have something a bit larger than my seedlings, which are about six weeks old now. Some of the seedlings in the second picture are still tiny, almost microscopic, but I read somewhere those should be encouraged to get a full palate of color from mixed color seeds.

[Gthumbz89]

very nice seedlings! Give them a month or two and they will be big enough to bloom already

[merkity]

very nice!

[JamesL]

Very Pretty

[Paul]

Sweet strep!