African Violets and Gesneriads: Share something new about growing AVs!, 1 by RainGazer

RainGazer wrote:
I have really gotta make more time to get on DG... I miss out on so much when I don't get on here for a few days and there's no way I can catch up with everything I want to say. Of course, according to my family, I never shut up, so there would be no chance of catching up anyway, but still. LOL

Lovely plants, everyone! I'm still learning to grow Kohlerias, Brenda, but you sent me several to learn with. I'm sad to say I killed Nicole's Smile that you first sent me, but all the ones you sent in the fall are still kicking right along. They're small because I didn't know what to do with them, being rhizomes, and was afraid to rot them, so I hardly watered at all. I'm thinking they would have liked a little more moisture than I gave them, but almost all of my plants would say that... LOL

The Orchids are gorgeous! Lin, I'll dmail you today about us swapping. Since the one you're sending me is so much bigger, I want to send you some extra things. I've got a small division of another Orchid that I think would LOVE to come and live with you. It's just one pseudobulb, but it has three new growths and lots of new roots. It's Miltassia Dark Star 'Darth Vader'. How cool is that name?? LOL Here's what the mom plant looked like in bloom when I bought it. Actually there are two plants here, both of the same type, and one of them is the mom plant of the division I've got.