Speaking of "big and gaudy" gloxinias, I too haven't seen any for years, and I miss them. They were the flower of my childhood. when I was roughly 10, I succeeded in growing one from seed to flower, and it was a total thrill. Different strokes for different folks! Ellen Sent from Ellen's iPhone > On Jan 18, 2023, at 7:59 PM, Jan Jeddeloh via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > If you are looking for the big, showy hybrid “Gloxinias” we are unlikely to ever offer seeds of these. Botanically these are Sinningia speciosa. We do periodically offer seed of species sinningias which generally have smaller flowers and a different habit. What is offered depends on what I’m sent. They don’t much resemble the gaudy florist gloxinias. I believe their is a gesneriad society in the US (google is your friend) and they may offer seed of gloxinias and sinningias. > > Jan Jeddeloh > Seed Exchange Manager > >> On Jan 18, 2023, at 4:38 PM, Arnold Trachtenberg via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >> >> Hi Lisa >> We do a seed distribution a couple of times per year for members and there have been Gloxinia and Sinningia on the list. >> >> Arnold >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Lisa Reed via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >> To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> Cc: Lisa Reed <lreed4@me.com> >> Sent: Wed, Jan 18, 2023 5:38 pm >> Subject: [pbs] Gloxinias >> >> Greetings, >> >> I hope I have the correct email to respond to, I am new to this group. I haven’t seen Gloxinias since the 80’s. Where have they been? >> >> I would love some seeds or whatever form they are being offered. >> >> Thanks, Lisa Reed >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> https://google.com/url/… >> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >> PBS Forum https://… >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> https://google.com/url/… >> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >> PBS Forum https://… > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://google.com/url/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum https://… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…