GESNE RIADS The Journal for Gesneriad Growers Vol. 61, No. 3 Third Quarter 2 011

Sinningia speciosa The Gesneriad Society, Inc. (formerly the American and Gesneriad Society, Inc.) GESNERI ADS The Journal for Gesneriad Growers EDITOR Vol. 61, No. 3 Third Quarter 20 11 Jeanne Katzenstein 4252 Moss Oak Place, Sarasota, FL 34231 CONTENTS EDITOR'S DEADLINES First Quarter ...... October 1 President's Message Second Quarter ...... January 1 — Peter Shalit ...... 4 Third Quarter ...... April 1 Fourth Quarter ...... July 1 From the Society's Founder EDITORIAL STAFF AND — Elvin McDonald ...... 5 CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Once Upon a Gloxinia Judy Becker, Charlene Marietti, Dale Martens, Julie Mavity-Hudson, Peter Shalit — Suzie Larouche ...... 7 CONSULTING TAXONOMIST Seed Fund Dr. Laurence E. Skog — Carolyn Ripps & Gussie Farrice ...... 8 REFERENCE WEBSITE http://botany.si.edu/gesneriaceae/checklist/ A History of the Florist Gloxinia in Pictures and Words BOTANICAL REVIEW Bob Stewart — Dave Zaitlin ...... 14 BUSINESS MANAGER Growing Florist Gloxinias Down Under Michael A. Riley — Charles Lawn ...... 28 101 West 104th Street, New York, NY 10025 Smell of Success: Hybridizing ADVERTISING MANAGER speciosa for Scent Tom Bruning — Dale Martens ...... 30 31233 Beechnut Road, Treynor, IA 51575 Back to Basics: My Florist Gloxinia RIGHT TO REPRINT — The right to Finished Blooming, Now What? reprint or quote extensively from GESNERIADS — Dale Martens ...... 32 is reserved; permission may be requested from the Editor. GESNERIADS follows the Coming Events ...... 34 International Codes of Nomenclature, includ - ing The International Code of Nomenclature Botanical Review No. 37 for Cultivated (1995). Views published — Bob Stewart ...... 35 in GESNERIADS are not necessarily those of the editors, the Society, or its officers. Flower Show Trifecta: PFS Horticultural Classes OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY — The objects of The Gesneriad Society are to afford — Charlene Marietti ...... 40 a conven ient and beneficial association of per - Gesneriad Register sons interested in gesneriads, to stimu late a widespread interest in, gather and publish reli - — Judy Becker ...... 46 able information about the identification, Chapter Flower Show Winners ...... 50 correct nomenclature, culture and propagation of gesneriads; and to encourage the origination Additions to Hybrid Seed List ...... 53 and introduction of new cultivars. GESNERIAD REGISTRATION — The Gesneriad Society, Inc. is the International Registration Authority for the names and culti - vars of gesneriads excepting the genus Saintpaulia . Any person desiring to register a cultivar should contact Judy Becker, 432 Undermountain Road, Salisbury, CT 06068 COVER . Sinningia speciosa – one of the first illustrations www.gesneriadsociety.org as Gloxinia speciosa www.facebook.com/gesneriads (published in 1817 in The Botanical Register)

Third Quarter 20 11 3 1840 illustration of "Gloxinias" from Flora Universalis (Germany), Vol. 5, , showing the type species of the genus Gloxinia , G. perennis (lower left), with the currently named Sinningia speciosa var. rubra , then named Gloxinia rubra (lower right), and the Sinningia hybrid S. 'Youngeana', then named Gloxinia 'Youngeana' (top).