It is a lithophyte often found growing in crevices on rocks or cliffs amid ferns and other succulent species like lepismium cruciforme, which are normally epiphytes, but can be found growing on steep hillsides. This is a closeup of the innards of a sinningia speciosa hybrid grown by brigitte mcknight of the peninsula gesneriad society. Loddiges, it should be pointed out that a number of other species. Pdf tissue culture of sinningia speciosa and analysis of the in. There are about 65 species of tuberous herbaceous perennials, all occurring in central and south america, with the greatest concentration of species occurring in southern. Sinningia speciosa charles lawn mix saintpaulia ancestry.
Provided by smithsonian institution, department of botany. Pdf ethylene inhibitors enhance shoot organogenesis of. Oct 28, 2014 sometime in 2011, a journal from the gesneriad society celebrated sinningia speciosa. Sinningia speciosa, flower about 5 cm across the brazilian genera paliavana and vanhouttea, consisting of shrubby plants without tubers, are closely related to sinningia and recent morphological and molecular analyses boggan 1991, perret et al. The peloric form of the species, also known as peloric gloxinia, has a floral form distinct from that of the wild progenitor variety citerne and cronk, 1999.
Gloxinia threetiered wicker planter by christopher knight home multi brown overstock. D side view of wtpf floral tube sepals are removed. Best result for inducing tetraploid was by adding colchicine20 mg l1 intothe medium treated for one week rather than by colchicine soaking. The flowers are redorange tubes, whose faces are dotted with darker red dots. Lets give sinningia speciosa the attention they deserve. However, i noticed, on the contrary, my sinningia speciosa burst into accelerated growth, with many leafs, compact habit, burst of large flowers, the most intense colors, and scent. Ebern designs bussiere gloxinia throw pillow x112353401 cover material. Sinningia speciosa, commonly known in the horticultural trade as gloxinia, is a tuberous member of the flowering plant family gesneriaceae. Gloxinia sinningia speciosa is a popular commercial plant for its attractive and colourful flowers.
Sinningia bullata is a fun and unique looking plant to have at home. Sinningia tubiflora aka tubeflowered hardy white gloxinia. Sinningia speciosa in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Department of agriculture agricultural research service.
Gloxinia sinningia speciosa brocade series sow gloxinia seeds to produce a beautiful mixture of red, blue, and white blooms. Care instructions for a sinningia brennans orchids. However, the genetic mechanism of flowering time regulation in gloxinia is. Sinningia speciosa pink and white sinningia speciosa pink itaquera sinningia speciosa red slipper sinningia speciosa tiger pink sinningia speciosa white slipper mais more updated 25dez19. Younger plants, in their first year or two of flowering, do not produce as much of a flush of bloom. Store the pot on its side in a dry place during winter.
Sinningia leucotricha is a tuberous herbaceous perennials with silverywhite furry foliage and large, powerfully fragrant tubular redorange flowers. Sinningia speciosa is a herbaceous, tuberforming perennial native to southeastern brazil, and is one of the. The leaves have a sort of eumorpha look to them, but are borne in the standard speciosa decussate rosette. Phenotypic analysis of flower character development in the wildtype and cultivated peloric gloxinia. Intraspecific diversity in sinningia speciosa gesneriaceae. This exclusive bulbs package contains detailed planting information. Ethylene inhibitors enhance shoot organogenesis of gloxinia sinningia speciosa article pdf available in the scientific world journal 20121.
The flowers are produced in a range of bright colors and make a cheerful accent to any decor. Hiern is an accepted name this name is the accepted name of a species in the genus sinningia family gesneriaceae. Remember to pot the plant so that the crown of leaves sits just above the potting mix surface. Evolution of darwins peloric gloxinia sinningia speciosa is. Sinningia tubiflora tubeflowered hardy white gloxinia for. Sinningia hybrids gloxinia posted on april 7, 2011 by rupert foxtonsmythe 0 comments gloxinia is one of the most beautiful and sensational of houseplants. The society replied to my letter with excerpts from the journal which. This page was last edited on 16 august 2019, at 00. Gloxinia sinningia speciosa, whose attractive peloric flowers influenced the. Sinningia speciosa was originally introduced into cultivation in great britain in 1815 don 1838.
The polyploid plants were obtained from the leaves of sinningia speciosa lodd. Pot the sinningia so that the mix is firmly in the pot but still airy. A plant architecture of wildtype gloxinia wtpf, showing the horizontally oriented zygomorphic flower. A plant with a large single head of flowers can be produced using this method in. The first reported occurrence of this disease in the united states was made in a preliminary report from california in 1939 by middleton and tucker 1, who definitely established in. The name florists gloxinia is sometimes used to distinguish it from the rhizomatous species now included in the genus.
Sinningia speciosa x hybrids plantinfo everything and. The species was first described as gloxinia speciosa by conrad loddiges in 1817 and what a naming muddle that has caused. Other species with large tubers are sinningia iarae, sinningia lineata, and sinningia macropoda. Probably the most dramatic natural variety of sinningia speciosa is the one called carangola. Summergrowing plants with a tuberous, rounded rhizome. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative. Text is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike license. Unlike most crops, which were domesticated through long periods of selection by ancient. Attempts to hybridize gloxinia and streptocarpus springerlink. The effect of photosynthetic active radiation and temperature.
Evolution of darwins peloric gloxinia sinningia speciosa. The name florists gloxinia is sometimes used to distinguish it from the rhizomatous. Sinningia tubiflora tubeflowered hardy white gloxinia. Sinningia speciosa was first named gloxinia speciosa in 1817 by conrad loddiges, an english. C stamen of wtpf, the red arrow denotes the dorsal staminode. Gloxinia artificial plant in farmhouse stand and chalkboard, purple kohls. Leaf explants of sinningia speciosa were cultured in vitro on murashige and skoog ms basal medium with various. Flowering time control in ornamental gloxinia sinningia speciosa.
William philip hiern published it as sinningia speciosa in 1877. Plants profile for sinningia speciosa brazilian gloxinia. Whats unique about this plant though is the white woolliness that covers the underleaves, newly formed flower buds and flower stems. Flowers on the silvery new foliage produced when the tuber first breaks dormancy. There are no related plants for species sinningia tubiflora. Flowering time control in ornamental gloxinia sinningia. Background and aimsgloxinia sinningia speciosa is a popular commercial plant for its attractive and colourful flowers. Mr lawn is perhaps the worlds best sinningia speciosa hybridizer. There was a wonderful note when dale martens usa visited charles lawn australia. Big and showy to tiny and adorable commonly and improperly known as gloxinia, these tuberous gesneriads are both easy to grow and easy to flower. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license.
Adventitious shoot regeneration from sinningia speciosa leaf discs. F2 segregating population of sinningia speciosa empress x buzios. Recent studies on model plants have elucidated that mir159. Sinningia speciosa sinnin geeah speeceeo sah common name. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The common name has persisted since its original introduction to cultivation from brazil in 1817 as gloxinia speciosa. Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in.
Population genetics group of organisms or individuals from the same geographical location with the capability of interbreeding. In particular, do not let spent blossoms drop onto the leaves and lay there. Can grow as indoor pot plants, but feed and water regularly in the active growing season. I took a leap of faith and wrote a letter to the society, to dale martens and to charles lawn. They will flower for about 2 months, go dormant for about 2 months, and then begin growing again and start flowering.
The blooms and foliage have a velvety softness that is irresistible. However, the genetic mechanism of flowering time regulation in gloxinia is largely unknown. Typically, the wild variety displays flowers with two internally asymmetric dorsal and. This page was last edited on 16 december 2019, at 15. Frontiers association between petal form variation and. This gloxinia speciosa was the forerunner and leading parent of the garden gloxinias, but it turns out that the plant really belongs to nees genus sinningia, founded in 1825 on a brazilian plant which he named s. Pdf intraspecific diversity in sinningia speciosa gesneriaceae. Hiern is a species of ornamental plants with high diversity in floral form. The aim of this study was to investigate whether genetic modification of mir159 expression can offer an effective approach for regulation of. Although it has been cultivated for almost 200 years, little is known about the genetic diversity in s.
These wholesale bulbs give plants of 10 40 cm tall and will grow in partial sun to full sun. These compact gloxinia plants blossom four to six months after sowing. Sinningia speciosa red ring mutant hibridos hybrids. Other articles where sinningia speciosa is discussed. Sinningia speciosa group of plants that grow in the area of pedra lisa.
This species is one of several south american gesneriads which are borderline succulents, caudiciforms, or waterplants with large fleshy tubers and is often cultivated by. Ethylene inhibitors enhance shoot organogenesis of. Morphological observation showed that the sterns and the leaves of tetraploid plants were respectivelythicker and lalger than the. It is a very large plant with large whiteandbluishpurple flowers. Sinningia the clark lab at the university of alabama. Recent studies on model plants have elucidated that mir159 acts as a negative regulator of floral transition in shortday photoperiods. The gloxinias wild progenitor is sinningia speciosa lodd. Frontiers association between petal form variation and cyc2. Media in category sinningia speciosa botanical illustrations the following 20 files are in this category, out of 20 total. The sra file format was then converted to fastq format using the fastqdump program in the sra toolkit. Gloxinia seeds florists gloxinia sinningia speciosa. Bears large, belllike flowers throughout summer in purple, red, pink and white. Butterfly attracting plants, cut flower plants, drought tolerant plants, fragrant flowers, hummingbird plants, pollinator plants, medicinal plants, plants that attract birds.
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