Codonanthe carnosa Gesneriaceae Don Mahoney, Strybing, San Francisco This group of gesneriads come from central and South America and hybridize readily with related genera. This particular species has small, rounded greygreen leaves on trailing stems and makes an outstanding small hanging basket. It has halfinch long white flowers somewhat like a snap dragon. It will bloom almost yearround in a cool greenhouse and will do well outside in protected frostfree areas in part shade where it will bloom mostly in the wintertime. It needs soil that is loose and has extra bark for epiphytes. .. Photo by Bruce Peters