African Violets and Gesneriads: May pictures and chit chat, 4 by bsimpson1972

bsimpson1972 wrote:
This is a stunner, Jamie! :)

I don't know that anyone has ever done any extensive hybridizing of the genus. The one cultivar that keeps popping up is 'Dekla' but that's N. villosus x melittifolius, which was registered by Frances Batcheller in 1976.

It's funny that the closely related genus Episcia (Nautilocalyx used to be part of Episcia and now contains what used to be non-stoloniferous Episcias, as far as I know) has been and still is subject to extensive hybridizing.

Looking at pictures of Nautilocalyx-species, there seems to be quite a bit of potential for stunning foliage plants, although some species have some very nice flowers to offer as well.

Oh, and here are some more pictures of Sinningia 'Gabriel's Horn Mutant' and 'Seminole'