African Violets and Gesneriads: who am I?, 1 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
I would have never known, but they look so similar to the Oleander Seed Pods from my front yard. I collected bags full of them last year, sowed some ... seedlings sprang up, got about 2" tall and then died! I had 3 of those large (2gal) zip lok bags full of the pods but they ended up sitting out in the humidity in my Florida Room and got moldy so I threw them out. When I mowed the lawn last week they were everywhere again (not quite as many as I collected in the fall), but I just mowed them up! I will try again another time when I have a bit more patience and can give better care! I love Oleanders except when we have the huge Orange Catepillar outbreaks where they strip the leaves off the trees! I'll go right now and take a pic of the White one in bloom in the yard now and maybe I can get a pic of a seed pod too: Back in a sec ........ Well, it's windy outside and this is not from me leaning ... a few of our trees are still leaning from the 2004 Hurricane's - 3 Cane's came through here in a five week period!