Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
General Subjects => Plants Wanted Or For Exchange => Topic started by: Nate on February 13, 2012, 05:28:12 PM
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I've had a little trouble finding anywhere which is selling Haberlea, Ramonda and Jankaea in plant form and was wondering if anyone knew of places to get my hands on these alpine gesneriads? I grow a few indoor types but want to try my hand at something a bit hardier (also, I'm running out of space near my windowsills!) ;D
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Hello Nate
Ramonda and Haberlea are easy to get (were i live) ,but the Janckea is another story,but so nice :D
I also have gesneriads in the garden as wel ,and tropicals in my greenhouse. Wat kind of gesneriads do you have?
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I assume you've looked at The Plantfinder Nate. It shows a number of Haberlea and Ramonda suppliers (in theory of course) but no Jankea.
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I think now we are meant to spell Jankea as Jancaea .... not that it makes a lot of difference to a plant finder search.
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Sarmienta - mostly Saintpaulia (I am dabbling in hybridisation) but I also have some small Petrocosmea and Streptocarpus - with some Episcia seeds waiting until my Saintpaulia seedlings have grown up and I have some space in my propagators!
Thanks for the correction, Maggi - might make searches a bit easier!
Also thank you both for the tip about checking 'The Plantfinder' - I had a google and I assume you mean the RHS one? There were a lot of 'dead ends' where things seemed out of date but I think I've found a few nurseries where I can make enquires! Thanks very much ;D
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Yes, Nate, I did mean the RHS Plantfinder, sorry, should have given that link too, it's very useful...
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/rhsplantfinder/