African Violets and Gesneriads: Here comes Peter Cotton Tail, 1 by critterologist

critterologist wrote:
Great thread -- thanks, Nanna! I'd been thinking we needed to bump my January "progress report" thread with photos of our SEB trade babies... Since we're started here, let's continue with this thread rather than jumping between them!

I'll post more pics once my camera battery recharges... DH is heading in to the office tomorrow afternoon (he's been working from home lately), so I'll get to use the "good" computer!

Meanwhile, here's a photo of 'Rob's Whiz Bang'. I have a couple of plantlets that I started earlier last year that are blooming size that I'm looking forward to sending to my Easter Buddy, and this is one of them. Other plantlets may be quite small! I'll see what I end up with in April as far as leaves go... I'm rather hoping that I'll be able to do my 7 varieties as plantlets plus some bonus leaves, but of course that will take some cooperation from the "AV nursery" residents!

Please don't hesitate to post here whether or not you've had good luck propagating... As I've said before, it's perfectly OK to do your 2 plantlets as plants you recently purchased, and then add leaves from others in your collection... I figure that's a good backup plan in case of propagation disaster.

Some of my plantlets that I'd like to send this spring (secret trade and other boxes) still have really small root systems... I wonder if they will be all right to send or if I should send them along later when they've grown a bit more. ?? I did try to send one really tiny plantlet to MsC last year, and it did not fare well. I guess my other backup plan is that I'm willing to re-send anything that doesn't thrive!

This message was edited Mar 9, 2006 12:05 AM