African Violets and Gesneriads: New Blooms, 0 by Allison_FL

Allison_FL wrote:
Your so right Jill. Optimara is crazy and just about impossible to 100 percent match up.
Ok also on Optimara web sight Optimara Little Comanche Girl' was first introduced in the year 1991
But then it was registered with First Class in year 1993 as the name
" Optimara Little Comanche "
Also reg. as a Semiminiature. Optimara re-names plants and also
imporves them and gives them the same name and they don't look alike. Now if you are showing a plant it has to look like it says in First Class. No white edge, or green edge you may not enter it.
In FC Optimara Little Comanche as Reg. 7917 which you will notice on the Optimara web sight.
07/06/1993 Semiminiature Holtkamp
Single purple-red . Medium green , heart-shaped glossy, hairy, serrated/red back.

Then Optimara has the Rhapsody line. Still Holtkamp and you find them often for sale with the Optimara tag just like the Space baby Everfloris line.
They put on their sight year reised N/A well they did revise it I guess they just did not make note of when ?
Here are two photo's of Optimara Little Comanche from FC both from different growers.
And yes monitors are notorious for color balance issues, cameras,
developing , environment changes color of flowers. When it boils down to it ( and I don;t think any of us do but if we sell or trade with someone who may show they need to know were not positive of the name) if descriptions is not that of First Class it can't be shown.