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| Streptocarpus 'Jealous Heart' - Heat tolerant |
Houseplants have multiple variable genetic characteristics. Flower color is the one we observe and manipulate
the most.
Now, heat tolerance is becoming more important. Your favorite houseplant may thrive in your
air-conditioned kitchen, but you may have never bought it if it was wilted down
in the heat of your Garden Center.
Streptocarpus is famous for wilting when growing in temperatures
above 85 degrees. They recover when
given cool, but it is an annoying trait.
Ten years ago, I had identified a variety that never wilted
in the summer heat --- ‘Jealous Heart’ --- a pretty pink.
If I had it, I would cross it onto many other pretty hybrids
to see if we can transfer heat tolerance into all Streptocarpus.
I would like to have it back again. There is a one-hundred-dollar reward for its
return.
Please email if you have one to share.
