African Violets and Gesneriads: August Blooms Part 2, 0 by RainGazer

RainGazer wrote:
Nichole, you are growing some beautiful plants! Lovely blooms and they look so healthy!

Brenda, yours are gorgeous, too! Jan sent me a cutting of Sinn 'Rex', but like a big dummy, I killed it. :o( Doesn't that make you mad when you kill something you want so much?? LOL Happens to me more than I'd like to admit... I wish my Kohlerias would bloom...

Gail, I love Franken Copper Knob! Franken Dainty Lady is one I've been trying to get for over a year, but either I can't find it, or can't afford it! People bid that one up high on eBay!

Brenda, about Pet. 'Momo'... Mine suckers like a madman, but I take them all off. I have 5 suckers in my cutting tray that I'm hoping are rooting up nicely. Actually, I burned my 'Momo' with too much fertilizer. I forgot to flush that one. I remembered to flush all the other Pets, but poor 'Momo' missed the "clear water" day, so it died down to a pencil eraser size clump of leaves in the middle with three or four big leaves left. So, I pulled off all the aforementioned suckers, (which surprisingly were not burned!) and 'Momo' is growing back, slowly but surely. I do my best to keep the suckers off, but with that one, it's hard to do.

Lin, do you remember sending Pet. barbata to me? Well, when I repotted it, I pulled a sucker off of it. Here's the mom plant you sent and the sucker I pulled off. The sucker is blooming! Mom has a couple of buds, too!