Sometimes I struggle grasping the diversity of the Gesneriaceae family. With over 130 genera and an untold (well not untold but greatly disputed) number of species I am always amazed by this family of plants. One thing that I do find fascinating is: there are no native Gesneriads to the United States and Canada and…
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The Rest of the Family
This week the Gesneriad Society will host their National Convention in Omaha. What is a Gesneriad? Well if you have ever grown the lipstick vine, guppy plant, florist gloxinia, flame violet or Cape primrose you have grown a Gesneriad. Oh, yeah – ever grown an African violet – they are one too. Gesneriaceae is a…