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Gesneriad Study Group Meetings
The Gesneriad Study Group meets on the THIRD Sunday of the month at a member's home, a different venue each month.
Meetings start at NOON,.bring your lunch and a small something to share for afternoon tea.
We focus on a topic and a volunteer prepares a presentation and leads the discussion.
Members and visitors are welcome, please contact us for this month's venue.
Meetings for 2025
all meetings start at 2pm unless stated otherwise.
Maree Bale is Gesneriad Study Group Co-ordinator.
19th January - 10:30 for 11am start combined meeting with other AV groups.
Streptocarpus - Ron Armstrong
Collecting and treating seed for the seed fund - Sue Hodges
Gesneriads that are now less frequently grown - Ruth Coulson.
16th February - Rhizomatous Gesneriads in flower.
13th March - Rarer Gesneriads
20th April - No meeting, members will be busy with HVAVS show preparation
18th May - What's doing well, your current favourite Gesneriad.
15th June - Sprays & gardening health and safety.
20th July –Rhizome lifting.
17th August – TBA
21st September -No meeting as we will be at the Kariong Plant Lovers Fair
19th October –No meeting as we will be at the Maitland Collectors Plant Fair
16th November - Streptocarpus.
21st December - Gesneriads for hanging baskets, plan program for 2026.
Meetings for 2024
21st January - 10:30 for 11am start combined meeting with other AV groups.
- Ruth Coulson's Adventures with Hybridising. R Coulson
- How to Hybridise. S Hodges
- Trends in Gardens - GCA presentation. D Fripp
After January we start at NOON
18th February - How a gesneriad is judged
17th March - Miniature gesneriads and Petrocosmeas
21st April - Chilean Gesneriads
May - no meeting.
16th June - History of Streptocarpus
21st July –Pots, potting mix & fertilisers
18th August – Sprays and spraying.
15th September -No meeting
20th October –Gesneriads grown for their foliage, including variegated plants. Cancelled as we will be at the Collectors Plant Fair
17th November - Streptocarpus.
15th December - What I can't grow well - help! plan program for 2025.
Meetings for 2023
8th January - Combined meeting with AVAA (Sydney). Sinningia lindleyii 10am
12th February - Sinningia speciosa 10am
19th March - Flowering rhizomatious gesneriads.10am
16th April - What's not doing well.
21st May - no meeting.
18th June - Light and Temperature - how does the plant tell us what is needs.
16th July –Australian hybridisers and Australian hybrids. NOON
20th August – Harvesting rhizomes.
17th September -No meeting
15th October –Gesneriads grown inside, outside and in the garden.
12th November -Dividing/rejuvenating Streptocarpus.
17th Dec - What is doing well show and tell, plan program for 2024.
Meetings for 2022
9th January - Combined meeting with AVAA (Sydney). 10am start.
13th February - What is doing well. Zoom
13th March - Hybridising Gesneriads. Zoom.
10th April - Presenting plants for show & Kohleria
May - no meeting.
12th June - Fertiliser and Potting mix
10th July –Winter Care
14th August – Rhizomes, tubers and Gesneriads grown for foliage.
11th September -No meeting
9th October –Streptocarpus
13th November -Collecting seed and growing from seed
11th Dec - What is looking good, plan program for 2023.
Meetings for 2021
Meetings have been disrupted due to covid.
Meetings for 2020
12th January - My Favourite Gesneriad.
9th February - Episcia
8th March - What is/is not doing well
12th April - How to present your plant for showing.
May - no meeting.
14th June - Potting mixes for gesneriads
12th July – Rhizomes/tubers, harvesting, storing and planting.
9th August – Primulina
13th September - Titanotrichum oldhamii
11th October – Miniature Sinningias
8th November - Break up and rejuvenate streptocarpus
13th Dec - Furry gesneriads
Meetings for 2019
Planned at our December 2018 meeting, may change as the year progresses.
13th January - Webinair
10th February - Basket Gesneriads
10th March - Hybridising mechanics
14th April - Species Gesneriads
May - no meeting.
14th June - Potting mixes for gesneriads
12th July – Rhizomes/tubers, harvesting, storing and planting.
9th August – Primulina
13th September - Titanotrichum oldhamii
11th October – Miniature Sinningias
8th November - Break up and rejuvenate streptocarpus
13th Dec - Furry gesneriads
8th Dec - Sinningias
Meetings for 2018
Planned at our December 2017 meeting, may change as the year progresses.
14th January - Miniature Gesneriads
11th February - Episcia
11th March - Photographing plants.
8th April - Fieldia and seed from the seed fund.
May - no meeting.
10th June - Botanic terms used in naming species gesneriads.
8th July – Australian hybrids and Australinan hybridisers
12th August – Gesneriads to grow in full sun, part sun and shade.
9th September - My favourite species gesneriad.
14th October – Columnea.
11th November - What is doing well and what is not doing well.
9th Dec - My favourite foliage gesneriad.
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