The Gesneriad Society is inaugurating a series of special education programs
Visit the top of the world with Wen Fang and a research group of Chinese conservationists, botanists, taxonomists, and explorers. They visited Tibet on two expeditions in 2018 and 2020 and spent 46 days exploring for gesneriads, begonias, orchids, ferns and other plants.
At least 60 species of gesneriads, in 9 genera were collected. Many plants were brought back to the Gesneriad Conservation Center of China in Guilin, China. You will have a rare opportunity to see beautiful gesneriads and other plants never or seldom seen before from the comfort of your home.
Dr. Wen Fang is Director of the Gesneriad Conservation Center of China in Guilin. He also serves on the Gesneriad Committee of the China Wild Plant Conservation Association and the National Gesneriaceae Germplasm Resources Bank of the Guangxi Institute of Botany. He has been a key contributor to our increased understanding of the Asian Gesneriaceae, and has worked collaboratively with the Gesneriad Society to this end.
Join us to hear Dr. Wen Fang speak about gesneriads in Tibet. He and several other Chinese botanists visited Tibet on two expeditions in 2018 and 2020 and spent 46 days exploring for gesneriads, begonias, orchids, ferns and other plants.
(This is replay of a webinar originally aired on May 7, 2022)
The Virtual Education Program on Streptocarpus took place on Saturday, February 18, 2023, 3:00 Eastern time zone.
This is an opportunity to learn about Streptocarpus from award winning growers Terri Vicenzi, Stephen Covolo-Hudson and Dale Martens.
Terri who won “Best Streptocarpus” for her entry of S. ‘Little Kan’ will show photos and discuss how to grow a show plant. Stephen will instruct on how to hybridize. Dale who won “Sweepstakes in Horticulture” will show photos of propagating, repotting and discuss other culture issues.
If you watched the webinar, we would like to hear from you. Please fill out the survey above.
To view the video click on the “Play” button. Click on the expanding button (4 arrows) to view full screen. To download the video, click on “Vimeo” on the lower right corner. It will bring you to Vimeo website where you can see the “Download” button.