African Violets and Gesneriads: You Decide, 1 by kimskreations

kimskreations wrote:
OK, so today my much anticipated orders from Lyndon Lyon and Brennan's BOTH arrived!
I was SO excited!

Ordered from Brennans:- Total w/Shipping 30.10

Streptocarpus Space Dust
Streptocarpus Bristol's Party Boy

Ordered from Lydon Lyons - Total w/Shipping $31.75:

Streptocarpus Coral Kisses
X Codonatanthus Vista
Nematanthus crassifolius

I called BOTH nurseries to verify that they had everything I ordered and was told they did.

I opened the box from Lydon Lyon first. The first plant said "small plant, open gently". Opened it up and the soil had totally come out of the pot. Then noticed that there were NO ROOTS on the "X Codonatanthus Vista". Thought the foliage looked awful familiar and held it up to my Nematanthus Magnot. EXACT SAME THING! Opened the rest of the order and although I was feeling like they were small for what I paid at least I could tell they had roots. In fact they were potbound in their little pots and I didn't care much for the soil they were growing in so they were all repotted. Called Lydon Lyon right away and told them about the X Codonatanthus Vista situation. I also told her that the Nematanthus Magnot they sent had NO ROOTS and that I was pretty new to gessies and not real good with rooting things and was under the impression I had purchased plants and not cuttings. She said to give it 2 weeks and they would send the REAL X Codonatanthus Vista I ordered. They must be going to root me one so in 2 weeks I'm not sure how much roots it will have on it but hopefully it will be the right plant.

Then I opened the box from Brennan's and was shocked! Not only did Brennan's send me an e-mail that my plants had been shipped and thanking me for supporting their family run business, there was even a hand written Happy Birthday and Thank You on my invoice in the box. These little things won me over........but it's the plant size that REALLY got me.

First, A picture of the plants from both nurseries side by side.