African Violets and Gesneriads: A girl leaf I love them :)), 1 by Allison_FL

Allison_FL wrote:
Jill
I did a trade one time couple years ago one of my first trades. We were trading at the time for one of every baby plant we had and every set of leaves, Streps everything. Well the girl was honest Thank God and said she had , had mites she thought they were gone had treated with AdVid but was not sure. I had many plants and Streps she wanted and I really wanted her to have them ! So I told her to send me just leaves and I would send her plants and leaves.
Do you know we each sent each other 70 different kinds of Av's/plants. Leaf bags had two or more. I treated each leaf and isolated them never had a problem but I am glad she was honest the only way to be !
Do you know we got no doubles ! I don't mine doubles either . Secret trades to me are so much fun. I enjoy them best not knowing what I am getting. Like you say I'll send you 15 plants and ten kinds of leaves each bag with 2 or more. It's so much fun.
Last summer ( I was bad ) I bought a rare trailing Chimera. I had wanted one so bad. I had bought one a different one for a gift for a friend but never one for myself. Well I paid $ 52.00 for it plus shipping from Canada. It was not package well almost dead. I got it in Sept. I waited for it to cool down. It was almost dead missing all but 4 leaves, out of the pot, dried up covered in dirt. I saved it !Now It'sGrown hugh, many suckers, trailing babies, and a few babies on the bloom stalks not just leaves babies ! It has been in full bloom and I mean full over a month with new stalks each day. Soon it will go into a pan pot when it stops blooming ( if it ever does) and a few suckers will be plants,and go in their own pots, and the babies on bloom stalks will be rooted just like suckers so I will have some to share ! I want to put one in my secret swap box as it is special and I want to share it not many people get a chance to have one like this. Vintage trialing Standard trailer ! My friend who I bought her trailer. I bought her Chimera Hawaiian Trail ! She sent me a tiny, tiny unrooted sucker from Canada. It is doing great ! It went from it's 1 3/4 "pot to 2" last week. I got it in Sept. So now I have two trailing Chimeras.
I'd love to do a trade Jill :!! Oh I think last month I got 14 plants, and 6 sets leaves from Violet Gallery and when their 2006 book comes out I am putting my order in ASP. Their shipping was not high either :))


This message was edited Nov 22, 2005 1:21 PM