Streptocarpus
Family: Gesneriaceae.
Streptocarpus rexii Common name(s): Cape Primrose ...
Streptocarpus sp. is related to African Violets and Gloxinias. They are easy to grow and require the same conditions as African Violets. Streptocarpus is native to Africa, Madagascar, and Asia.
Blooming Time: They will bloom intermittently all year.
Streptocarpus
( Constant Nymph )
This plant is closely related to African Violets and Gloxinia and requires similar care. Leaves are stemless, lance-shaped, medium green, hairy, wrinkled, up to 12 inches long, borne in rosettes.
Streptocarpus nobilis
Scientific Name: Streptocarpus nobilis C.B.Clarke
Synonym:
Family: Gesneriaceae ...
Botanical Name: Streptocarpus x hibridus
Cape Primrose is a showy relative of the African violet. You can expect months of blooms if you keep the soil moist and give it bright, indirect light year-round.
Streptocarpus-Growing Streptocarpus Indoors
How to grow and propagate Streptocarpus indoors
Peperomia-Growing Peperomia Species Indoors ...
Streptocarpus species
Plants of Home and Garden
Surface-sow in spring, needs light to germinate, onto peaty soil. Older plants may be divided in spring, or cut leaves into many pieces, potting each up separately, early summer.
Streptocarpus: Select a full-grown leaf and cut in half along the midrib, which should be discarded. Using a seed tray make a shallow trench and insert the leaf, cut side down and firm in.
Miniature Streptocarpus are tiny forms of the Cape Primrose which come from South Africa and were first introduced tc Britain in the early 19th century.
Concord Blue Cape Primrose [English]: Streptocarpus 'Concord Blue'
Concord Blue Cape Primrose [English]: Streptocarpus saxorum 'Concord Blue'
Concord Cemetery Rhododendron [English]: Rhododendron 'Concord Cemetery' ...
The architecture of some Didymocarpoideae is distinctive, Streptocarpus in particular showing much variation in growth pattern, some species having only a single, ever-growing cotyledon (e.g. Hilliard & Burtt 1971); ...
Streptocarpella are a sub-genus of streptocarpus. They are easy to grow, produce an abundance of blue flowers on wiry stems that seem to float airily over the foliage. Pinching helps to keep the plant attractive. Hummingbirds love them! ...
Some references list Streptocarpella as a selection of Streptocarpus, but these two groups of plants are considerably different. While the flowers of Streptocarpus and Streptocarpella are similar, the plant habit is considerably different.
Compound definite inflorescences are by no means common, but in Streptocarpus polyanthus and in several calceolarias we probably have examples. Here there are scorpioid cymes of pairs of flowers, each pair consisting of an older and a younger flower.
Examples of monocarpic perennials include Agave and some species of Streptocarpus.
Examples of woody perennials include maple, pine, and apple trees.
Other cultivated ornamentals include the African Cape primrose (genus Streptocarpus) and several rock garden and pot plants, e.g.
Despite their similar appearance, African violets are members of the Gesneriaceae family, which also includes houseplants such as florists' gloxinias (Sinningia speciosa syn. Gloxinia speciosa), cape primrose (Streptocarpus spp.) and columneas.
This type has even been mistaken for a young Streptocarpus leaf. Bustle The base of the leaf blade on either side of the petiole extends backwards and curls up to form secondary leaves, giving the impression of a bustle on the back of the leaf.
 See also: Primrose, Cape Primrose, Lady, Cattleya, Gesneria
  
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