What's New

Week of 19 December 2022

• New page for recently published Sinningia sulphurea
• New page for recently published Sinningia ganevii
• Pictures of the hybrid Sinningia tubiflora x incarnata F2

What is it?
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Week of 20 December 2021

• More pictures of Sinningia villosa.
• Refurbished Sinningia clade crossing table.

Week of 23 August 2021

• Pictures of the real Sinningia velutina, thanks to Carolyn Ripps.
• Photograph of Michael RIley's yellow-flowered Sinningia aggregata, displayed at Cincinnati GS convention in 2019.

What is it?
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Week of 28 December 2020

You probably don't care about all the hybrids among Sinningia species. But have a look at these tables. Who gets friendly with whom. And most specially, who could get friendly but hasn't yet. For any budding (nudge nudge) hybridizer, this is your guide to what hasn't been done yet.

• Revision of Corytholoma crossing table.
• Revision of Dircaea crossing table.

The sinningia phylogenetic tree is a resource for anyone wishing to hybridize within this genus.  Its relationships will show what crosses will be likely to yield fertile offspring.

Week of 30 November 2020

• New page for hybrids between Sinningia 'Peninsula Belle' and S. conspicua.
• New picture of Sinningia eumorpha with white flowers.
• New pictures of Sinningia defoliata (red leaves, front and back).
• New pictures of Sinningia hoehnei (fruit and seeds).

What is it?
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Week of 1 June 2020

• New page for Sinningia leucotricha x bullata
• New pictures of Sinningia lineata, including the "highly spotted clone.
• A comparison table of "unifoliate" species of sinningia. I love tables.
• Two new pictures of the tuber of Sinningia stapelioides. I also love tubers.

Week of 16 December 2019

• New pictures of Sinningia helioana
• Picture of tuber of Sinningia hoehnei

What is it?
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Week of 4 November 2019

• Pictures of Sinningia hoehnei
• Picture of three dormant plants of Sinningia gigantifolia.

Week of 1 October 2019

• Pictures of Sinningia villosa
• Pictures of Sinningia allagophylla (yellow-flowered form)
• A picture of Dave Zaitlin's Paliavana prasinata from the 2019 gesneriad convention.
• a gratuitous cactus picture to illustrate the outcome of seed sowing.

What is it?
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Week of 15 July 2019

• Two new pictures for the Caparaó form of Sinningia gigantifolia.

Week of 1 July 2019

• Two new pictures for Sinningia valsuganensis.
• A new picture of Sinningia gigantifolia in bloom.
• A new picture of Sinningia 'Deep Purple Dreaming' in bloom.

Week of 24 June 2019

• A new page for Sinningia polyantha x cardinalis, a hybrid by Jim Steuerlein.
• A new picture for S. rupicola.

Week of 20 May 2019

• Pictures of hybrids by Mr. Wu Jui-Jung
• A photo of four unifoliate sinningias, along with a table of their similarities and differences.
• An incipient bloom tip of Sinningia insularis

What is it?
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Week of 8 April 2019

• A new page for Sinningia hoehnei, formerly known as S. sp. "Castelo". This species has recently been published.  Did you know that Mr. Hoehne, after whom this species is named, was the first to publish the species we now know as S. leucotricha -- and three other sinningias?
• An updated page for what used to be known as Sinningia sp. "Itaguassu" but which has now been published as S. flammea.
• An updated page for what used to be known as Sinningia sp. "Pancas" but which has now been published as S. stapelioides.

Week of 4 February, 2019

• A new page on the dormancy of Sinningia helleri and implications for keeping this plant going.
• The main page for Sinningia helleri has new information on cold hardiness.

Week of 16 December, 2018

• A "new" picture (from 2004) of Jon Dixon's show plant of Sinningia cochlearis.
• A "new" picture (from 2009) of Katherine Henwood's show plant of Sinningia calcaria.

What is it?
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Week of 12 November, 2018

• New introductory page on sinningias, to complement the more technical description. The introductory page also has a link to a page with a picture of our esteemed Herr Sinning, der Gartenkünstler!
• Flower pictures of Sinningia villosa, courtesy of Carolyn Ripps.
• Pictures of Sinningia 'Demon', a cross between S. sellovii and S. elatior.

Week of 11 June, 2018

• Picture of the underside of a Sinningia concinna.

Week of 28 May, 2018

• Pictures of Sinningia villosa, but no flowers.
• Picture of Sinningia velutina, but no flowers.
• A tip for keeping Sinningia helleri growing from one year to the next.

What is it?
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Week of 9 April, 2018

• New picture of Sinningia concinna.

Week of 5 March, 2018

• New pictures of Sinningia sp. "Itaguassu", finally in bloom.

Week of 22 January, 2018

• Photograph of Sinningia minima.
• Photographs of Daniel Steele's Sinningia piresiana crosses.
• New photographs of Sinningia sp. "Pancas" in bloom.
• Suggestions on getting Sinningia sp. "Pancas" to bloom.
• Tip on photographing Pancas flowers.
• Dried leaves!