(Sinningia eumorpha x iarae)
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@copyright Brad Walker Dec. 9,
2007
  I ordered the seed for this beauty from GHS
(cross
by Ruth Zavitz of Canada) and planted on
June 18, 2007.  Of the 5 seeds, 4 germinated and
grew into fairly large plants.  When cool weather
came I moved them indoors and took this one to
work.
  A mouse ate one of the plants at my house, the rest
lost their foliage and are just now resprouting with
mutiple crowns.
   I have steam radiators at work and my plants really
love the one I have them over.
  My plant at work bloomed for the first time on
December 6, 2007 and I took these pictures on
the 7th.
   It is a large plant already over a foot wide, the
bloom above and to the right is a really good
representation of the bloom color.  It is almost 2
inches long and 3/4 of an inch wide, the lobes form
an almost perfect circle of a soft pink.  It has very
faint lines deep in the throat.
  I am curious to see what the other two
plants are going to look like.
   It passes the wonderful pink and
eumorpha ease of growing on to its progeny.  
I have been making several crosses using this
plant and have been amazed at how fast the
seedling develop and bloom.