upcoming events (gesneriads in DC and Baltimore)

Saturday October 15, 2011 at 10:00 a.m: joint meeting of The National Capital Area Chapter of The Gesneriad Society and the Potomac Branch of the American Begonia Society. John Boggan will present on "Testing the Limits with Hardy(ish) Gesneriads and Begonias" Location: U.S. National Arboretum.

Saturday October 15, 2011, 8:30 am to 5 pm: the Baltimore African Violet and Gesneriad Club's Annual Fall Sale. Location: The Shops at Kenilworth, 800 Kenilworth Drive, Towson, MD 21204.

November 10-12, 2011: Mid Atlantic African Violet Society Convention and Show in Timonium, near Baltimore, MD. See http://www.maavs.org/ for details.

Saintpaulia 'Zima Ulybaetsia', sighted at MAAVS 2008.