African Violets and Gesneriads: are we ready? September bingo !!, 1 by Keyring

Keyring wrote:
18. those are flowers? Aeshynanthus longicaulis

of course, I spelled it wrong..... should be Aeschynanthus.

Mine is in bloom now, a few months earlier than usual. I think this is because I turned the lights down and the temp (AC cranking) while I took two trips recently - must have been cold enough to be "winter".

I've been told that the one I have is probably the "Kew" clone, but I'm not sure. Maybe one day I'll take it to a society meeting and ask... heh.

Typical of the genus are the fused petals, the protruding stamen, the odd colored pollen.....

more of my photos of longicaulis here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ki/sets/1501815/

more photos of other aeschynanthsu here: http://www.gesneriads.ca/genaesch.htm

more info on the genus here: http://www.botanik.univie.ac.at/morphology/genera_gesneriace...