Gesneriads on Parker Adey https://pgadey.ca/tags/gesneriads/ Recent content in Gesneriads on Parker Adey Hugo en-EN Fri, 28 Aug 2026 21:01:13 -0400 First Bloom: Eucodonia Adele https://pgadey.ca/blog/first-bloom-eucodonia-adele/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 20:40:44 -0400 https://pgadey.ca/blog/first-bloom-eucodonia-adele/ <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021202130520/http://viridiandesign.org/notes/1-25/Note%2000002.txt">Attention conservation notice</a>: <!-- attention conservation warning --> <p><a href="20260826_090239.jpg"><img alt="First Bloom: Eucodonia Adele" src="small-20260826_090239.jpg"></a></p> <p>I got a rhizome of this at the <a href="https://pgadey.ca/blog/lakeshore-avs-spring-sale-2026/">Lakeshore AVS Spring Sale 2026</a>. It is my first <a href="https://gesneriads.info/gesneriad-genera/eucodonia/" rel="external">eucodonia</a>. A sort of funny Dr. Seuss plant. Huge foliage and tiny little flowers. A sort of streptocarpus with massive leaves. Now that I have a eucodonia, <a href="https://pgadey.ca/blog/first-bloom-primolina-deinostigma/">primulina</a> <a href="https://pgadey.ca/blog/first-bloom-kohleria/">kohleria</a>, two <a href="https://pgadey.ca/blog/first-bloom-bristols-s-kitten/">streptocarpi</a>, and a bunch of violets around, I am starting to get a feel for a small part of the gesneriad family. I enjoy the family resemblances.</p> Week Notes 72: Back to Writing, Playing Games, and Pumpkins https://pgadey.ca/blog/week-notes-072/ Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0700 https://pgadey.ca/blog/week-notes-072/ A return to writing after physiotherapy. The end of summer approaching. Class preparation starting.