Streptocarpus inspection.

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It has been a while since I showed any of the Streptocarpus flowers. They struggle here. It is not a climate for them and I keep trying to find a place where they will feel just a little better.

This one surprised me with the amount of flowers though. Most of then have just a couple of blooms.
And it looks amazing!

Of course my irreplaceable furry assistant had to check on the blooms too :)

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And then provide some background.

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As a reminder - some years ago I got two different plants with different flowers. I decided to cross pollinate them and see what I get from that. It was a big success. Bigger than I expected and I got so many plants I didn't know what to do with them.
I gave away many of them and I kept some. They started to bloom and it turned out that each plant has different flowers!

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It was pretty exciting to watch the buds form now knowing what colour it will be.
The few I kept are still here with me and still bloom from time to time, but they are not as nice and bushy as they can be.

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All the colours:
The top two are the parents. In the bottoms you see some of the results of the cross.

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Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos and text are my own.



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We appreciate your work and your post has been manually curated by @redheadpei on behalf of Amazing Nature Community. It will be added to the weekly botany curation post. Keep up the good work!

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