Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Seedy Subjects! => Seeds Wanted => Topic started by: Jozef Lemmens on February 19, 2011, 09:59:39 AM
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I am looking for seeds (or a plant) of Briggsia muscicola and B. aurantiaca.
My Gesneriads list is available on request.
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Do you do seeds Josef or just plants?
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Hello Jozef
Sorry ,i cant help you withe the Briggsia....(i want these to :)
If you have a list of generiads ......i would like it,if you send it to me.
Do you keep them outside in the garden,or in a alpine house?
Groet Wim van den Berg
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Kevock Gardens do this Briggsia hybrid:
http://www.kevockgarden.co.uk/store/product/76287b45-c742-464d-a16b-8ba1928e944d.aspx
I ordered one and they sent me a very nice plant.
Alex
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Kevock Gardens do this Briggsia hybrid:
http://www.kevockgarden.co.uk/store/product/76287b45-c742-464d-a16b-8ba1928e944d.aspx
I ordered one and they sent me a very nice plant.
Alex
This plant comes from those bred by Forumist Maureen Wilson and her late husband Brian. Kevock have quite a few of their plants I believe.
The Wilsons have long been regarded as the Gesneriad specialists in Soctland... with their plants travelling all over the UK- and probably beyond!
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Alex & Maggi, Thank you for the information.
I see, David will have a plant stall at the "International conference". That makes it easier to order some plants.
Thank you, Lesley and Herbert for the seeds or plants.
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Jozef, you managed to find seeds or cuttings?
I also have several years trying to find seeds or cuttings Briggsia and Tremacron aurantiaca.
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Alex
I still have the tremacron and will send you some more leaves in the spring when it is in growth
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Kevock Gardens do this Briggsia hybrid:
http://www.kevockgarden.co.uk/store/product/76287b45-c742-464d-a16b-8ba1928e944d.aspx
I ordered one and they sent me a very nice plant.
Alex
This plant comes from those bred by Forumist Maureen Wilson and her late husband Brian. Kevock have quite a few of their plants I believe.
The Wilsons have long been regarded as the Gesneriad specialists in Soctland... with their plants travelling all over the UK- and probably beyond!
I am really sorry to learn that Brian is no longer with us. He sent me a rooted leaf of it some years ago and it changed into a tiny rosette and survived my winter cold but it never got any real roots. I find that some species from climate that is very different from mine simply go dormant. Among others, Cymbidium goeringii and Lilium amoenum do that. They survive outside but refuse to grow new roots.
Göte
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Tony! I am eternally grateful to you. I am very ashamed to ask you, since I only himself to blame for the death of my Tremacron. I received an interesting hybrid of Corallodiscus lanuginosus x Ramonda m. I can send you this spring seedling. Photos can be viewed in the "Chinese Gesneriads."
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Göte, I turned to the Kevock Gardens. They refused to sell the plant and sent to Russia. I also wrote a letter to Mrs. Maureen Wilson. She kindly answered, but said that the collection no longer has the Gesneriaceae. I know that these species of plants conditionally Hardy. I need Briggsia to create a fully hardy hybrids with yellow and orange flowers.
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Hi Alex,
The easiest way to obtain seeds of Briggsia is by becoming a member of the Scottish Rock Garden Society. Nearly every year they have Briggsia seeds in their seed list.
Maybe there is still some left. I got some plants from an Austrian friend, but it isn't sure whether it is muscicola or aurantiaca (if there is any difference between both species). Maybe I can send you a few leaves next summer.
I didn’t collect seeds of my Tremacron plants last years.
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Thank you very much, Jozef!
I will try to become a member of the Scottish Rock Garden Society. But I'm not confident of success, because I have big problems with the English language. I find it difficult to understand the questionnaires. Thank you very much as if we can send Briggsia. You mean in 2013? I am not too important species Briggsia because I will use for hybridization. I am very pleased that you responded.
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Alex, there will be seed at Dunblane tomorrow.... I will look to see ifthere is any Briggsia seed for you.
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Margaret!!! I am very grateful to you!
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I am also interested if there is some extra............... :-[
Or were to get any seeds /leafcutting of "hardy"gesneriads .
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You're welcome, Alex!
Sarmienta, I will see what I can do. :)
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I have suggested to Alex in a private email that he tries the American Gesneriad Society: www.gesneriadsociety.org It now occurs to me that this link might be of interest to others. They run a seed exchange on similar lines to our own, but I guess you have to be a member to participate? The emphasis leans heavily towards the tropical members of the family, or at least it did when I was a member but they were always welcomed our donation of 'alpine' seed.
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Yes, I believe you have to be a member - but I can confirm they have seeds of Briggsia aurantiaca and some other hardy Gesneriads though most of them in rather small quantities due to so few people growing them / collecting seed within the group.
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Thank you Maureen! I've left my application to the American Gesneriad Society. I was a bit difficult to navigate on their site (I know English is very bad). But I'll try :)
Nate, I do not pretend to have large amount of seeds.
Margaret, I'm still waiting for news from you :)
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Alex.... I am very disappointed... there was no Briggsia seed left. Tony Willis was looking also!
I thiought I had got three packets... but it was the wrong number!
But I am in contact with another friend and may perhaps be able to source a leaf for you later in the Spring.
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I thank you. I'll hope for the best :)