I'm behind with six. But toward the end is when the excitement starts. Everyone will be waiting for just one. LOL
Official AV&G 2011 Fall Bingo game
Oh, so many of our Bingo games have come down to the last few calls!
Monday, October 17, 2011 calls:
70. Firebird
43. Connect the Dots
Good grief, I only have 8.
Jamie
A very nice Sinningia (scroll down to 'Connect the Dots' and click the pic)
http://www.fuchsia-fialka.ru/fialka/fotos/gensery/?id=11
One of my favorites! It's a constant bloomer.
http://lyndonlyon.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=586
Now, if I only would find out a way NOT to kill pretty much any Columnea after a while... LOL 'Firebird' is a STUNNER!
The only way possible to kill Firebird is to keep it wet all the time.My poor plant goes from the Sahara to the 'spa' all the time and nothing happens but a few dropped leaves.It still keeps blooming.
Lynn
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 calls:
47. Ozark Blazing Embers
64. Jester
'Ozark Blazing Embers': http://www.flickr.com/photos/gessiegail/5811883246/
I just couldn't help but use Gail's picture of this cute Dave Harris hybrid. :)
'Jester': http://www.flickr.com/photos/monika-2165/3921771167/
Got both this time! Doing a little happy dance! LOL
I have more pictures of it somewhere, but here is a pic I took earlier this year of my O. Blazing Embers . . . http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x94/Syrumani/102E1234.jpg
This is so pretty, Nichole!
Lynn, I've still got the 'Firebird' cutting, that I think you gave to me. It has done very well this past year, and yes, it can withstand neglect. Yahoo!
Jamie
Great pictures everybody! How is everyone doing in the game? I have 12 so far.
I think I may have sent that to you Jamie.If it couldn't handle neglect,it probably wouldn't last long at my house LOL.
Lynn
I just ordered 18 AV from bluebird greenhouse. They are having a special, buy 9 for the price of 6 for $27.00, but they pick what you get. I love the ones I received! All are nice and healthy. I'd order more next month, but with Christmas coming, I have to restrain myself! lol
love, julie
What did you get Julie? Inquiring (nosy LOL) minds need to know.
Lynn
Ok, Lynn, Here ya go!
Fire Mountain
Double Blue Boy
B. Man’s Cosmo
Aca's Coral Beauty
Baby’s Breath
Harbor Blue
Emerald Love
Buckeye Elusive Star
Garnet Halo
Carolina Camera Ready
http://www.maavs.org/eMemo/200511_memo.pdf
Genetic Blush
Vampire’s Kiss
Winter Warrior
Coral Crunch
Wrangler’s Jealous Jewels
Winter Star (Zhemchuzhnye Zvezdy
Rebel’s Cherry Flambe
Maa’s Janet
So, do you see why I want more! love, julie
Friday, October 21, 2011 call:
75. Yellow Bird
Wow Julie! What a great selection.I'm afraid you now have to join the Official Gessaholic Group ^_^.
Lynn
This message was edited Oct 23, 2011 1:28 PM
I really like emerald love! Beautiful!
Sunday, October 23, 2011 calls:
51. Menglingensis
69. Linearis Purple Robe
Hello bingo players,I thought you might like to know how the game is coming along so far.
1 player has 8 calls
1 player has 9 calls
3 players has 10 calls
1 player has 11 calls
1 player has 12 calls
3 players has 13 calls
Have a great night.Nighty night,Jan
This message was edited Oct 24, 2011 9:26 PM
Time for some pictures.
https://www.violetbarn.com/store/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=958
I'm the long shot with 8. Thanks for the links. Yellow bird is so pretty.
Jamie
Jamiew, I'm right behind you with 9! But it's the fun I'm having and learning about all the pretties! love, julieanne
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 calls:
63. Carnival
53. Rosettiifolia
Unbelievable! I got 13. Haven't been able to check my numbers in a few days and that's quite a pleasant surprise. :)
That's my Petrocosmeas including rosettifolia before the heat took them...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/flowerfreak/5807008162/
Kohleria 'Carnival':
http://www.gesneriads.ca/kohler59.htm
I have 13 also. ^_^
froggie, never mind learning about them, they just get added to a 'want list' or 'MUST HAVE' list. LOL. My list keeps growing, growing, growing!!!!
Hi Olaf,
If you want to replace the Pets, I can send leaves for rosettifolia, 'Shortnin' Bread' and 'Imperial Butterfly'. Happy to do it.
Earle
Earle,
I just wish you could tell me how to keep them alive!
Lynn
Thanks for the offer, Earle but I think that Chicago Summers are just too harsh for them.
P. rosettifolia collapsed within a few days, followed by the others within the next ten days...
It's funny that NONE of my Streps have had any complaints but a little bit of leaf damage in the same conditions with triple-digit-temperatures that even made some Episcias croak...
So, I guess, I'll have to resort to looking at other people's Pets... LOL
Olaf
I have never grown pets, and I can't grow streps at all. I either over-water, or under-water. I have no trouble with African violets and many thanks to Olaf, I have sinningia gutata. It's growing under lights, but I think it's becoming leggy. I'm tempted to cut the top off and try to root it. Then place it right under the light fixture. Maybe that will help. But first I want to see it bloom. LOL
S. guttata is leggy under lights? That's hard to believe. I have mine growing in an East window and it's happily growing and blooming and not one bit leggy - even in the ever decreasing daylight here in Chicago... Same batch of seeds. You can definitely cut the top off and root it. No problem at all. Eventually that will be necessary but not this soon...
These are three seedlings in a 4" pot:
Hi Lynn and Olaf,
My Pets are surviving in a situation of benign neglect. I find that the less care I give them the better they do and when they flower, the show is well worth it. On the other hand, I am killing every Strep that comes my way and I have one Sinn battling for its life. Yet, strangely, the AVs just keep flowering. Go figure! The picture is P. 'Shortnin' Bread.'
Earle
I went and checked my lights. I think I found my problem. One of the bulbs was out. I am going to have to change it. It seems that there is a connection problem. That may be the problem. Or else I expect it to grow like a violet with leaves very close together. I took a picture and it's in a 2 1/2" pot in a light mix. There is another seedling in the pot. I'm going to wait until I see flowers before I cut off the top. LOL. I'm patient.
Hey Earle!
This truly is funny!
Almost all Sinningias are weeds for me. I grow some of my micros undomed without any problem. So are Kohlerias, Primulina tabacum, Diastema vexans and some others. Episcias struggle, Streps and Violets are doing alright and any Petrocosmea or Columnea I have ever touched has died a slow, agonizing death...
Olaf
The slightly contorted stem is actually mostly my fault and the plant doesn't look too leggy. Once you changed the bulb, watch S. guttata take off and bloom. :)
Oh, btw: I just noticed buds on "The Sinningia who thinks she's a Kohleria" - S. nordestina...
Check out the flowers on Alan LaVergne's website:
http://www.burwur.net/sinns/4norMain.htm
I hope that mine won't blast their buds for one reason or another...
Thursday, October 27, 2011 calls:
6. Dawn Michelle
68. Carnival