African Violets and Gesneriads: The Real Deal Thread for April Blooms, 0 by bmedel

bmedel wrote:
wildskygal Av's belong to the gesneriad family and that is a very big family!! So discussions end up being about all kinds of these plants. Sinningias are part of the family as are stretocarpus, chiritas, kohlerias etc etc.

If you go up to the top and look through the sticky that is titled something like "all other gesneriads" you'll see lots of the names and can check out the pictures etc. You'll be hooked on more than AV's in not time

Thank you Nancy, pictures are truly worth a thousand words in this case!! I'm glad to know I'll end up with some normal looking babies. Are they like violets in that I'm going to have to separate out the babies or do they just send up one baby plant? I know, just go do it and find out for myself instead of playing here. LOL

Gail I'll send you some petrocosmea leaves so you can play with them! Just tell me when as I know your getting ready for the show now.

In the last houseplant swap I was involved in last fall I was sent a cutting of a miniature rose and was told it bloomed a very pale green. The cutting lost almost all it's leaves and suffered so this winter I didn't know what would happen with it but then it perked up and now ... Looky what I found yesterday!! It is indeed the palest of greens.

~Brenda