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Episode 55: James Wong's houseplants - part one: The one-man houseplant revolution that is James Wong shows me around his flat full of houseplant projects by On The Ledge44 min listen
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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Jun 22, 2018
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Regular listeners to On The Ledge podcast will have heard me waffle on many times about how much I love Streptocarpus. The name may be easily confused with a throat infection (it actually refers to the plant's twisted seedpod) but this genus is an under-appreciated gem of the houseplant world. It's a member of a wider family called the Gesneriads, which also includes the African violets, the Achimenes (aka hot water plants), Sinningia, Primulina (aka Chirita), Columnea, Episcia (aka flame violet), Petrocosmea and Kohleria. I speak to Dale Martens of the Gesneriad Society to find out everything from what to pot them in to why breeding your own Streptocarpus may just involve a trip to the dentist (really). Visit janeperrone.com for full show notes.
Released:
Jun 22, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode