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| Sunny Gloxinia erinoides by Vicky |
Field trial
Gloxinia erinoides may be better
than we ever knew.
This is the beginning of one field
trial by Vicky. The plant is greenhouse grown
and now moved to indoor windowsill conditions.
It’s in the sunny West window.
This plant makes small rhizomes that
we use for propagation. Like all minor
Gesneriads, supply is the limiting factor.
But first we need to be sure it’s a
good plant that will be successful for casual indoor gardeners. Everyone wants small flowering houseplants. Why aren’t there more?
Vicky will keep watching it.
Is dormancy going to be a problem?
ReplyDeleteThe consensus is that they are not affected by day length and don't have a dormancy period. Over time we will see what they do year around. The plants we have now in January, grow, flower and make rhizomes. We will see what happens the rest of the year.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading.