One packet of more than 50 seeds.

Raising hybrid Streptocarpus (Cape Primrose) from seed is a great indoor project for gardeners and plant lovers.

This is our 2023-24 offering of seeds from seedlings out of the named hybrid Streptocarpus cultivar 'Kika' (second picture). In other words 'Kika' is the grandparent, twice, of plants you will raise from these seeds. The other photos are some of the seedlings raised from its seed. Seed parents are white, light pink, and dark pink, all with some yellow in the centre (first photos and 3rd - 6th photos, for example). Pollen parents are Sylvian bicolors, like 'Kika,' in combinations of red, white, mauve, and pink, with some yellow on the lower petal lobes (7th - 16th photos, for example). The final photo is a test of a sample packet, photographed after 25 days.

'Kika' is a Sylvian hybrid. These are typically infertile and cannot produce seeds. However, two years ago, one 'Kika' plant produced two small pods containing a few seeds. We grew several seedlings. Many of them were also Sylvian (first photo), with pollen but no good stigma to receive pollen. A few plants had regular, fertile flowers. We cross-pollinated them, using pollen from the infertile Sylvians and from 'Kika.' The results are a mix of Sylvians and regular flowers, in pinks and reds, white, yellow, and mauve, with various markings and petal forms.

The last photo shows some seeds we have started. The photo is taken after 25 days. By this time, almost all seeds have germinated and some are ready to transplant in potting mix.

Seeds can be shipped safely at any time of year. We have tested seeds after storing them outdoors in colder than -20C weather, and they germinated just fine.

Detailed instructions are included. Flowering plants can be produced 5-7 months after sowing.

Plants can be grown indoors in indirect natural light, or in artificial light supplemented with indirect natural light. Plants can also be grown outdoors in shade, in frost-free weather.

Seeds are tiny. Handle carefully. Packets contain at least the stated number, often several more.

Seeds are tested. Given proper conditions, at least 80% will germinate. Typically, germination is visible in the earliest seeds after around 10 days; more seeds will germinate over the next 15 days or so.

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