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Did you take a picture? I would luv to see one.
:) Donna

Thank you for your interest, Donna! I did take pictures. It's not a prize winning plant but I was glad it bloomed so quickly after I thought it wouldn't survive. More than 2 weeks later it's still in bloom, but these pictures were taken on Christmas morning.
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bumblebee, I can't see the pictures.
:( Donna

Sorry! Here's a link.

Here is a link that might be useful: Gabriel's Horn

Oh, that's just adorable! Thanks for sharing the picture!

Very nice, cute little plant!!

It has been years since I had Sinningias. How big is Gabriel's Horn? Is this one of the tetraploids?

Very nice sinningia and what a story.

Larry

Walter,
Is it one of the tetraploids??? I think so. It has the hose in hose form, which is also called a calyx double. That is inherited from the calyx double form of S. cardinalis, which, being a species, would not be a tetraploid. So, for that reason, I am not sure if it is a tetra. The mini sinns generally are tetraploids because the first breeding hybrids, Cindyella and Dollbaby, became breeding tetraploids from mutations. These two, originally (in the 60's) were sterile diploids.

There have been big advances over the years in sinningia breeding. We now have double mini sinns, and a wide variety of patterns and colors. Most of the breeding in the last 20 years has been made without breeding the new hybrids to come true from seed. So, the modern hybrids are grown from cuttings (by rooting crowns). We now have many more species in cultivation than were available in the 70's and a vast amount of potential has never been tried. Some of the newer small growing species include the true micro mini sp. 'Rio Das Pedras' and the dwarf kautskyi. Most of the other 60 plus species in cultivation are larger though. Personally, I like to breed with the larger species. What is true for sinnigias is also true for all the other genera of gesneriads--there are so many more species in cultivation today. To see the huge variety of gesneriads we are currently enjoying check out the photos on the Gesneriad Reference Web (close to 2000 photos, I think)

Jon

Here is a link that might be useful: GRW

Thank you. I'll just add that Gabriel's Horn is about 4" wide and 2" high.