Tag: Houseplants

  • My Newest Gesneriad: Kohleria

    After a rough evening of therapeutic foster parenting—that had been preceded by three other difficult days and evenings with the same 10-year-old client—when my husband arrived home last night I knew that the first thing I would do when I gained my freedom today was run up the hill to the spring plant sale put…

  • Gesneriaceae: Streptocarpus "Spin Art"

    This amazing little bloom has cheered me up immensely. I purchased the little start back during the fall with a friend at one of the Portland African Violet Society sales here in Portland. Up until then, I’d always enjoyed African Violets, but now I really love them, and their other family members too. This is…