My New Streptocarpus bloomed! - Orchid Board

Gthumbz89 · #1 11-18-2013, 05:31 PM

It's a beautiful Russian variety that I was pleased to get from the violet barn!!! It has been a slow but steady grower, but it was worth the wait.

SlipperGirl · #2 11-18-2013, 05:34 PM

That's very beautiful!

TOMMYMIAMI · #3 11-18-2013, 06:10 PM

Very pretty

WhiteRabbit · #4 11-18-2013, 07:35 PM

Wow! Gorgeous!

Tindomul · #5 11-18-2013, 09:24 PM

Wow, nice Gesneriad!

NYCorchidman · #6 11-18-2013, 10:24 PM

Beautiful!!!

I keep telling myself I want to get a few of these, but never have yet.

I would love to get these in blue and violet.

Mokeck · #7 11-18-2013, 11:08 PM

I grew streps when I was a teenager and now quite a few years later am looking to get back into them. My favorite gisniriad, these Russian clones are unbelievable though I'm looking for a sentimental favorite, a pure violet one with a yellow throat and long arching stems. It died when I went off to college, mom just loved it to death with water. Yours is very nice.

Hiester · #8 07-23-2014, 01:13 PM

I sowed seeds of Streptocarpus mixed colors about two weeks ago. The seeds were like dust... lol! I noticed today they have sprouted, about a hundred of them, and they are the size of the point of a pin! I can barely discern them against the micro fine perlite I mixed them with in order to sow. I just used a sanitized potting mix (microwaved one quart for two minutes) with a bit of extra perlite added as the germination media. The person from whom I purchased the seeds says I can have blooming sized plants in six to eight months if I take good care of them. We'll see about that, it just seems impossible at this point in time... lol!

RandomGemini · #9 07-23-2014, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Hiester

I sowed seeds of Streptocarpus mixed colors about two weeks ago. The seeds were like dust... lol! I noticed today they have sprouted, about a hundred of them, and they are the size of the point of a pin! I can barely discern them against the micro fine perlite I mixed them with in order to sow. I just used a sanitized potting mix (microwaved one quart for two minutes) with a bit of extra perlite added as the germination media. The person from whom I purchased the seeds says I can have blooming sized plants in six to eight months if I take good care of them. We'll see about that, it just seems impossible at this point in time... lol!

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

Hiester · #10 07-23-2014, 01:43 PM

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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.