African Violets and Gesneriads: Nanna's blooming news, 1 by critterologist

critterologist wrote:
Allison, I don't think Nanna mentioned that this plant came in an Optimara pot, but maybe I missed that.

There are so many misnamed plants out there (and I know you've complained of it too) that I'm just really hesitant to add to the confusion. So I try to be really sure of names and use "noid" or "lookalike" if I'm not certain.

I'm sorry you seem to be taking it personally that we had a difference of opinion here... I thought we were both making suggestions about dealing with unnamed plants, and I certainly wasn't trying to attack you. I thought it was cool that you'd come up with a "lookalike" name. I guess it's just hard to get tone across sometimes in posts... but I didn't intend to sound harsh. I'm sorry.

Here's the photo of my "Blue Star noid" that I mentioned... although it looks very similar to Nanna's plant in this picture (and also to the posted pic of 'Optimara Chagall'), Nanna saw my plant in bloom (OK, the blooms were pretty faded) and said it was definitely different than hers. So, it's just hard to make a definite ID from photos.