Sinningia ‘Prudence
Risley’ is a flowering houseplant that deserves to be grown in commercial
quantities.
Like many Gesneriads, it has been
hiding in the hobby world and shows up at Gesneriad Conventions and occasionally
at the Philadelphia Flower Show to be judged.
It’s always judged to be a cheery
plant with its tubular red flowers.
I know how to produce this amazing
plant and have grown small quantities over the years. Being sterile, seed propagation is not possible. Tissue Culture can work, but who’s going to
do it? My method is side shoot, tip
cuttings.
The picture of ‘Prudence Risley’ in
flower is at my West kitchen window in April 2025.
No one is more surprised than I am
that these flowers showed up with only window light. It’s been growing there for a year or more,
no fertilizer, just water.
Celebrate!
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I've been on the lookout for that variety for quite a while now.
ReplyDeleteI’m hopeful it will turn up on the sales table at a violet or gesneriad show.
ReplyDeleteIt is surprisingly easy to propagate and blooms profusely.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that you have had success with 'Prudence Risley'
ReplyDeleteDo you sell achimenes rhizomes
ReplyDeleteNo, we do not sell Achimenes rhizomes.
DeleteDuring my Achimenes project, I attempted to produce tip cuttings in large quantities for commercial growers. That failed.
We did not maintain rhizomes.