10/17/2023
Petrocosmea bicolor
Meetings are usually held on the third Sunday of each month, 1:00-4:00 pm at the Garden Club Room of the County Fair Building, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
Visitors are welcome! Meeting info: https://www.sfgesneriads.org/home/meetings-and-events San Francisco Chapter of the Gesneriad Society, Inc., a worldwide non-profit organization of people who enjoy plants in the family Gesneriaceae. The chapter has members from all over the Bay Area. The gesneriad family includes popular ornamental genera such as Aeschynanthus (lipstick plant), Columnea, Episcia
10/17/2023
Petrocosmea bicolor
05/12/2023
Primulina jiulianshanensis
A new species from the gesneriad family - Primulina jiulianshanensis - has been described from China in a recent study: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.226.96351
The April 2023 issue of Bay News is now available.
03/10/2023
Aeschynanthus smaragdinus
The beautiful emerald colour of this new species of small gesneriad gives it its name, Aeschynanthus smaragdinus. It was discovered in a monsoon rainforest in China: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.220.98040
Chinese Academy of Sciences
03/06/2023
Paraboea amplifolia.