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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.


 

PO Box 109 Cardiff NSW 2285

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