Streptocarpus johannis is an important species in the development of the popularity of the genus. It was a contributor to some of the earliest widely-grown hybrids, such as S. ‘Constant Nymph’, and features in the background of many hybrids.
It is a highly variable species, with multiple flower forms and plant sizes, as well as variable amounts of blue in the flower. There are white forms and bright blue forms, with and without lobe markings.
The plant shown above fairly accurately reflects the pale blue color of many species variants; it’s often difficult to get this color exactly right, so expect some variety in the photos in the links.
Other photos can be seen in a slideshow by clicking one of the links below:
- A wide-lobed variant growing at South Africa’s Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden
- An interestingly marked variant, growing in cultivation
- A flower of a bright blue variant
- The colony of plants with the bright blue flowers
- A plant growing in the company of begonias
- A white-flowered form in cultivation
- A large-flowered plant mounted on bark
- A show plant from the Gesneriad Society’s 2009 convention
- Streptocarpus ‘Falling Stars’, reported to be a sport or variant of S. johannis by Dibley’s Nurseries in Wales
- Stretocarpus ‘Constant Nymph’, an early and important hybrid
