I have found a wonderful not too expensive source for Russian av leaves. I can't justify ordering more leaves unless other people love them, too. I already have babies growing from a leaf of Blue Eyed Russian like this one pictured. My , oh my, shall I order the leaves or not? They have to be shared or I will end up with Russian african violets like I have streps.
There are only a few hours left on the ones I found......
not me,i like the russian streps.just havent grown many of the russian violets,are there any minis or trailers
JIM
To my knowledge, they are all very large standards but the blooms are magnificent!!! Better stick to the smaller ones..............I have just never seen blooms on any plant as pretty as the Russian avs...........
Hey Gail, is the Ian Madam a Russian? The leaves are JUMBO!! This is the one I just got on Thursday.
Here's another picture of her
Gail, I know everyone loves those cute little mini's, but I seem to really still like the standards. I like the leaves/foliage and the blooms too.
Laura H
Ian Madam is a Russian but I was thinking her blooms were a lighter pink............she is a beauty in your pics........let me find another picture and compare.......I know that Bluebird has some new Ian varieties..........
Here is the link and I was thinking about another one............Rozovyi Zhemchug that I had......didn't have Ian Madam.....glad you have her.
http://www.bluebirdgreenhouse.com/html/russ02.htm
It is lighter than my picture shows, the flash didn't go off. There are 2 pictures on First class, mine looks more pink than peach.
Every time they bloom the colors change a little in pinks as they mature.......I love yours!!!
I have the Ian Madam and mine seems to have a specking of raspberry over the pink. I love the Russians too. The blooms seems to be so large and the colors are amazing!
Pat
Oohh, that sounds really neat! If or when it blooms post a picture! I'd love to see it! Isn't it described as peach?
I am so glad that I know someone (two people) who love Russians, too..............I have White Nights and Gentle May but they aren't big enough to bloom yet.......
Dang it GAIL!! And now you PAT!! You got me surfing for these things!! Ok, go over and check out Violet Barn's. I could die for EK Wild Orchid! I like Blue eyed Russia too
Gail, do these come as miniatures too?
I don't think so, Pat................don't order from Rob for Russians............Bluebird has a good selection and I found a lady on ebay for good leaves that sold for 3 and 4 dollars for two leaves.........outstanding collection.........I wil find her name and link you to her...............the ones I wanted..........all 12 of them just expired.................but here are some other good ones.......but not all as good.
Check this lady out on ebay.......
http://cgi.ebay.com/Russian-African-Violets-EK-Lebedinoye-Ozero_W0QQitemZ180397416020QQcmdZViewItem
Oh those are nice, ok now I'm off to Bluebird, just window shopping! Laura H
Oh shoot.... I totally got it wrong. The one I have blooming is another Russian, EK Boginia Krasoty. Here is a picture. I do have the Ian Madam but mine hasn't bloomed yet. It is described Double peach two-tone, large star/darker tips. Dark green, ovate, quilted/red back. Standard.
Pat
Pat, mine looks closer to pink than peach right now. But still very pretty!! I would like to find a bright yellow.
OOH! Bright yellow:) That sounds really nice. I didn't know they had yellow ones?
Pat
I have never seen a yellow Russian but now I want to look for one!!!
I do not know if they exist??!! I just want a yellow AV!!!
warm sunshine is really good,the older the plant the better yellow it shows,yellow starfish is ok too,i might have starfish but i dont have w
sunshine,
A couple of vendors that often offer Russians....
http://cgi.ebay.com/African-Violet-Nina-Karpovich-Russian_W0QQitemZ280386427214QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item414855594e&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14
http://cgi.ebay.com/African-Violet-Russian-EK-Boginia-Krasoty-big-blooms_W0QQitemZ130325290854QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1e57fe1f66&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14
I know both are excellent vendors!
Thanks for the sites Phoebe.I'm not buying right now,but I always like to know who the good vendors are.
Thanks so much, Phoebe!! I was looking under a site with a Russian girl's name. Sw........?
I didn't have a good experience with the first vendor................
Here is the one I really like:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Russian-African-Violets-Vashe-Velichestvo_W0QQitemZ180397415749QQcmdZViewItemQQ
This message was edited Aug 18, 2009 5:03 PM
gessiegail I think I love them, too. I read somewhere that they are quite large but my are they gorgeous. A neighbor who gave me a leaf seems to like the Russian ones but she doesn't have any. She showed me a site and it's amazing because of the number of photos of different gessies, mostly avs but a lot are Russian ones. It's in Russian but they are just gorgeous and you can figure it out mostly at least the ones that are in English. http://www.senpolia.com/gallery/index.php is the link to the photo gallery. http://www.senpolia.com/katalog.php takes you to the catalog. Some of them are the varieties we get and some are the Russian varieties. Click on a small picutre and it opens large in a new page. You can use Google to translate it I think too. Oh I just tried it and it really works! Now I know the English name of the Russian ones! I have to tell my neighbor thank you again as I didn't try this before. Many of these are so pretty.
I love my one and only Russian: 'Blue-Eyed Russian'! The blossom color is magnificent!
Hi All , Happy Sunday :)
I have a few Russians and I love them , they bloom with so much gusto , like they are feeling so happy , they are gorgeous , I too have Blue Eyed Russian and just smile at it's beauteous blooms :)
Connie
