Santa Claus's coming down, also Smithiantha

December, what a prefect season for Smithiantha!

Though lazy and chaotic crossing experiment last year, indifferent attitude towards the pots, plants of mine are going to come into blossom in final. I have to say i was used to watering them seldom.

Technically, only two packages i have sowed separately into two tiny pots. Since it became bigger and crowded, i removed them into several containers at least twice for a larger space to grow. Due to unnamed pots and crossings, god knows the colour of the flower. But it seemed to me that some are quite characterized by its leaves. Poor condition for Smithiantha to grow, but the result is good so far. 

When i am taking pictures, i realized i have 8 pots crossing and the problem, conspicuous space of shortage. last year i got my shelf-like space, but it was abandoned this year. Because I found this was hard to manage my plants in such a high position, a cabinet over my bed. A year flew by quickly, it's time to continue again (probably?).

Simithiantha seedlings

The separate two have endure about a few mouth under the high temperature and it have covered with high humidity.

Kohleria 'Ni's Lisa'

It possess the colour strawberry-pink, and it is an easy-blossom.

Its leaves show freckles when the light is appropriate.

The bottom one is Spring Promise sport which reveal its purple and green sleeve around the edge, as the non-sport gain no purple. 

Sinningia 'An's Nyx'

This hybrid is an easy-blossom one, once the roots and the tubers are covered in the pots, and adequate light are offered towards the plant. It blossoms in any season.

The unique shape and the lovely yellow colour.

It demand a comparatively large space for it to grow.

Kohleria 'Heartland blackberry butterfly'

Unfortunately, before i post the photos , i first search its name in Google and i find that the name is not consistent with the the blossoms. It is suspicious that some one in eBay offer the wrong rhizomes deliberately,  but i am apt to believe in the unintentional situation that he/she have made.

I wish it is not the alleged one.

Anyway, the original one should be named as Heartland blackberry butterfly, but ,conspicuously as you may see, it is the different one when you compare with the photos.

Or the hot weather and high temperature which may lead the plant to the unique colour ?

I don't think so.

Smithiantha Vivian's Gift

The blossoms of Smithiantha in January, which have the rich spots on the flowers surface, great colour and amiable shape.

Smithiantha Vivian's Gift