Toronto Gesneriad Convention 2013

The North American Gesneriad convention played host to Toronto this year. This is the 57th convention to be held. The show was lovely, with many beautiful, and beautifully grown plants. All manner of gesneriads were represented, including many rare, seldom grown genera. The many Streptocarpus cultivars provided a kaleidoscope of outstanding colour, as well as the campanulate Sinningias. I myself grow many gesneriads, with a particular penchant to alpine gesneriads, and gesneriads from China and Brazil.

Sinningia 'Deep Purple Dreaming'

Streptocarpus 'Givence'

Streptocarpus 'Sashen Ka'

Streptocarpus 'Ambra'

Streptocarpus 'Eva'

Streptocarpus 'Escada Magnetizm'

Sinningia 'An's Nyx'

Paradrymonia sp.- grown in a terrarium as it requires extremely high humidity

Gasteranthus anomalus- also grown in a terrarium



Achimenes misera

Columnea 'Indian Feather'

Sinningia 'Flamenco Apricot Bouquet'

Sinningia  'Kevin Garnett'

Sinningia aghensis

Sinningia aghensis- close-up