This one is Persian Prince.
July II Gessie Blooms and Plants
Awfully quiet on this thread tonight.....Well. I, for one, will miss your spirit and positive attitude greatly! Keep up the good growing and get those plants ready for fall show! See you on fb ^_^
I love your pictures. I have Windy Day. So frilly. I wish you wouldn't leave!
Oh, don't worry ladies . . . it will be Monday before I can renew, that's all!
Well, you scared me! Guess we will let you be gone a couple of days... then come on back! :)
If you hadn't said you were going to rejoin, I was going to give you a hard time! Love your pics and love having you around!
gail
This is NOTHING compared to Gail's Streps and Sinningias but my little Silver Sheen decided to brighten my day :)
Are you kidding?! That is quite something!!!!
Good morning Phoebe!
She is magnificent looking..........and your photography is 'quite something' as Phoebe says!!!
Good morning, Gail! Thank you. I all has to do with macro and "someone" pointing that out :)
outstanding pics..........I have to go the grocery store now.......but I did read a great article in an old AVSA magazine on tips on taking pics of gessies.......want to pass on later today!!
That will be very interesting to read. I have one of my new a.v.s blooming. Who wants to play ID That Plant? Here is the frist pic...
Here is the second pic... I have to go to the dentist shortly (UGH). I will be on here reading but I may not chat for a day or two. My sentences may not make sense with pain meds lol. Bare with me please.
Great shot of that episcia bloom aspen! Very nice!
Only thing new blooming is episcia Mint Julep, shared by Goldleaf. Thanks Goldleaf! I love this one!
Such a pretty oink violet!
And I love the yellow spotted throat on Mint Julep
aspenjocop, don't know her name but double pinks in avs are always my favorites when they also have variegated foliage..........hope someone comes along and can help.
Wildrose, don't you just love the Mint Julep. I had bought one but Goldleaf sent me hers and hers is different and so much prettier than the one I had gotten. The foliage is to die for from GL's........
Yes I love the foliage... possibly my favorite foliage of the episcias I have.
Here is an alsobia bloom from my hanging basket outside... after a rain today.
How cool is that, WildRose! I didn't realize the blooms had those little red dots on them.
Very cool shot!
Wildrose,
I love that picture!! It's great.
Connie,
Your Episcia picture is great!!
Gail,
I always love your pictures!!
Nichole,
It's great to see you posting beautiful pictures.^_^ I bought a little Persian Prince and it has teeny tiny leaves,not girl type. I think it is mismarked.
Lynn
I may have posted this plant before, but I don't care! It was looking especially pretty tonight, though the photo makes the flowers look more blue than the gorgeous shade of deep lavender that they are. The centers are darker, with the lavender fading out to the outer petals like a watercolor. It is my favorite violet, and by far the most healthy looking of my bunch ( a much loved gift from MsBonnie when I first joined this forum )
Gulgh's Christmas - think it's a semi mini, have never seen a description anywhere though.
OK>>>>>>>>JMP!!!! Save me a leaf of her.........she is drop dead gorgeous...........don't let anything happen to her............I am just starting to plant up babies of avs so maybe we can trade in the fall. Great photo, too...............
Gail, I will definitely save you a leaf...I also have at least one leaf of this one rooting. (I can't throw any healthy broken leaf away) If it produces babies, you are welcome to them instead of a leaf, or whatever you prefer..
Phoebs, ^_^
I love that Little oink violet too!!.......you sound like me!! For some reason (probably me),my y and p keys never seem to stick and I am always hitting the wrong key!!
Just had to tease a little like you and Jim did to me.....LOL.
Lynn
LOLOL! I never saw it! Well, If you think about it, that little oink violet is piggy pink!
I can add this because there is indeed a gessie in the photo!
Photo is primarily of the female hummer that frequents our balcony, but as you can see, there is a hanging basket of streptocarpella beside the hummingbird feeder. From a much earlier post somewhere, most of you know I hang my streptocarpella and alsobia out with my feeders in summer.
Great shot Wild Rose! I love hummingbirds, we get alot in our yard. Just yesterday one was buzzing around and she noticed one of our feral cats lying under a bench watching her, she spent about 30 seconds hovering in front of the cat's face, while I held my breath, but the cat never made a move, just watched her in amazement.
I was in Jamaica for a while when I was a kid and there was a place in Montego Bay where there was what they called "The Bird Lady of Montego Bay". People would go to see her, she would sit you in her garden and you would hold up a bottle of sugar water with one hand, with your other hand held in front of the bottle like a perch, and the hummers (fancy jamaican hummers) would come and land on your finger to drink from the bottle. So cool.
I have heard of that happening before too. I know people that have taken their feeders in for a little while, then come out in the yard holding a feeder, and the hummers will come right to the "new" feeder.
oh wow, after sharing that little childhood memory with you all, I decided to see if I could find any info on the "bird lady" ( I was probably 10 when I went to her place, I am 45 now) and I found this article...she died in 2000, evidentally.
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20000805/Lead/Lead6.html
INspiring article........just read it, jmp.
Here is a newer picture of Nancy in Bloom. (Sinningia (florist's sinningia))
Slowly but surely I am finally getting some african violets blooming.
Rococco in picture.
Rococco is adorable!
Sally, I dropped her on the floor twice and lost some leaves. I am so mad I didn't stick them but I didn't know how cute she was going to be.
I got her from PJ's violets........they often come with broken leaves but who cares as they are very healthy plants. PJ's is on ebay........
http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/pjsviolets_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_ipgZ25
I haven't looked to see if he is offering her now. He only charges 4.50 a plant.
awesome posts ladies.keep the pictures coming,youve dont really good with the florist glox,i may have to go after some more,
i spent most of my day repotting sinns,oh my sinn leutrica is waking up,i had to use a old plastic gallon to put them bulb in,
ill get picts this week,i love mine
JIM
For jmp24,info from first class about your plant
Gulgh's Christmas
Semidouble-double fuchsia large frilled star/thin white-green edge. Medium green, quilted, glossy, wavy, serrated/red back.Large
Photo from first class
Thanks Jannich, but I don't think that is it! Mine is a true medium purple color, with no white edges, the flowers are more than double and the leaves are not red backed. And I think it is a semi mini. Thanks for looking for me. This plant's identity is becoming a mystery! I need to ask the person who gave it to me where she got it.
Had a little tragedy this morning - forgot to lock Max's (my parrot) cage last night, and when I neglect to do this, he comes out in the morning and wanders around....well, he found his way to the AV's, and ate all the flowers off the plant in question. He didn't eat the buds, though - just the flowers that were blooming. He also took a leaf off, so now I have 2 rooting for you, Gail. Thank goodness he took it from the bottom row, so he didn't ruin the look of the plant! He also took a few leaves off of Snuggles Little Dreamer and Little Inca Girl. Considering the amount of plants he had at his disposal, he could have done alot more damage, but I guess he got bored and decided to go into the bedroom to wake me up, I opened my eyes to find him on the pillow right next to my head saying "Hel-loooooo?" Like when are you going to get up and toast me a bagel?
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I love birds!! My grandchildren have birds...........yes, it could have been worse. I like whatever av you have better than the real one..........will wait patiently for her leaves to grow.
Thanks, jannich and what would we do without our First Class!
woohoo Jim,my sinn leutrica is waking up too.Your tuber must be huge! Thats my favorite sinn.Love the fuzzy leaves!
Gail,your sinn.Nancy is outstanding! I like Rococco too.I'm a sucker for double pink blooms.