I'm not sure what JB meant but in plants it usually refers to a specific type of verigation (which can happen in AVs)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...)
Here is the gesnariad society's webpage which has lots of info about all the types of plants within this family!
http://gesneriadsociety.org/
'Streps' are pretty easy to grow and larger than African violets (AVs) with sometimes very huge blossoms!
