African Violets and Gesneriads: December Blooms, 0 by av_ocd_girl

av_ocd_girl wrote:
You're right Jim, it is 'Remembering John'. I must have been half asleep this morning. I was lucky enough to have met David and his Sister at the 2005 National. They are both really nice people.

I can't believe I forgot to post the name of that strep......then I posted the wrong picture for Frosted Flames. I had to get up WAY too early to go to an AV meeting and Christmas party today. 1 1/2 hr. drive. I just got back about an hour ago.

Of course I had to make the rounds to all the important stores.............Hobby Lobby, Home Depot, and Lowe's. Got a variegated purple optimara from Lowe's.......I figure there aren't that many Optimara Variegates and I should be able to ID it from first class. They also had a $1 rack. I couldn't believe it.....I got a Bromeliad, Birdsnest fern, Cimbidium orchid, and two Agaves in nice pots all for $5. Just one of the pots is worth that, so all in all it was a good plant day.

Lin, I've got some Heaven's reflection babies.....if we get a warm up I'll send some AVs down south to ya! We need more AV addicts on this forum. LOL

Gold, I LOVE that trailer......gotta add that to my infinite must have list. LOL

Syrumani, we'll have to do a trade in the spring. I've got about 40 different leaves down right now and some babies I've already potted up. When my friends heard I was starting over in AVs they all sent me a 'care package' full of leaves.
If your AV leaves are slow to send up babies, could be many causes.......old leaf, planted too deep, or the leaf itself is trying to grow. Try cutting the top 1/2 of the leaf off. It might help.....worth a try. Some violets just seem to take forever no matter what you do.


Here's an old picture of Heaven's Reflection when I had it years ago. Mine's just a baby now.