{"id":585,"date":"2020-06-06T18:02:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T23:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwgs.southerndays.info\/?page_id=585"},"modified":"2025-09-29T20:58:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:58:44","slug":"what-is-a-gesneriad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gwgs.southerndays.info\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Gesneriad?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"585\" class=\"elementor elementor-585\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-86569a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"86569a0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a2959c6\" data-id=\"a2959c6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1e345a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1e345a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">(pronounced either &#8220;guess-NARE-ee-ad&#8221; or &#8220;jez-NARE-ee-ad&#8221;)<\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Most gesneriads are from tropical and subtropical regions and are often found growing in humus-filled depressions or rock crevices, on humus-covered forest floors or epiphytically on tree branches. There is a wide variety of plant sizes, shapes, flowers and colors. This is a plant family of great diversity, and many grow under the same conditions we enjoy.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">The gesneriad family contains over 2,500 species of plants. Perhaps the best-known member of the gesneriad family is the African Violet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Some gesneriads have been hybridized extensively, resulting in hundreds of cultivars that can be quite different from the species. In addition to the African Violet, some of the more common gesneriads grown by hobbyists are the Florist Gloxinia (<\/span><em style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\">Sinningia speciosa<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">), Lipstick Plant (<\/span><em style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\">Aeschynanthus<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">), Goldfish Plant (<\/span><em style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\">Nematanthus<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">), Cape Primrose (<\/span><em style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\">Streptocarpus<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">), Flame Violet (<\/span><em style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\">Episcia<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">), and Cupid&#8217;s Bower (<\/span><em style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\">Achimenes<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Gesneriads provide you with blooming plants of one variety or another throughout the year, an especially welcome sight on a cold winter day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Many of the easiest and most beautiful plants for the home or greenhouse belong to the gesneriad family.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">(Above information provided courtesy of the\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; color: #4a53a2;\" title=\"Gesneriad Society\" href=\"https:\/\/gesneriadsociety.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;\">Gesneriad Society<\/span><\/u><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-539b457\" data-id=\"539b457\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8c1928 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d8c1928\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/gwgs.southerndays.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/05Cc-Achimenes-Apple-Blossom.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1160\" alt=\"05Cc Achimenes &#039;Apple Blossom&#039;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Achimenes 'Apple Blossom'<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-988c05a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"988c05a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2310a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e2310a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/gwgs.southerndays.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Episcia-La-Solidad-Bronze-1-768x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1276\" alt=\"Episcia La Solidad Bronze\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gwgs.southerndays.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Episcia-La-Solidad-Bronze-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gwgs.southerndays.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Episcia-La-Solidad-Bronze-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gwgs.southerndays.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Episcia-La-Solidad-Bronze-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gwgs.southerndays.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Episcia-La-Solidad-Bronze-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Episcia La Solidad Bronze<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68bb23d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68bb23d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f2185f5\" data-id=\"f2185f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c054098 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c054098\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c3b13d\" data-id=\"8c3b13d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fa9ecee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fa9ecee\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-324a2ad\" data-id=\"324a2ad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8857973 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8857973\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8516cad\" data-id=\"8516cad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3cd9fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e3cd9fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gwgs.southerndays.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Gesneriad_Poster-1.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Gesneriad_Poster\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU0MCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2d3Z3Muc291dGhlcm5kYXlzLmluZm9cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjRcLzA4XC9HZXNuZXJpYWRfUG9zdGVyLTEuanBlZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1447\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/gwgs.southerndays.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Gesneriad_Poster-1-1447x2048.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-1540\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gwgs.southerndays.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Gesneriad_Poster-1-1447x2048.jpeg 1447w, https:\/\/gwgs.southerndays.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Gesneriad_Poster-1-1085x1536.jpeg 1085w, https:\/\/gwgs.southerndays.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Gesneriad_Poster-1.jpeg 1684w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1447px) 100vw, 1447px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Overview of 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