Gorgeous color on Blue Blazes, Melonie!! Your others are gorgeous too. Great job on your first pop bottle pot, Olaf!! Easy to make :)
Connie
January Pictures and Chit Chat
Oh Melanie, that Blue Blazes is AWESOME. What a beauty!! The color is so rich and dark and bright all at the same time. A real winner if you ask me.
Thanks, Connie. Looks like something I can handle. I will try it soon.
Earle
Kohleria 'Peppermint'
Sinningia 'Gabriel's Horn Mutant'
Meag848, can you explain a little about the pot? I kjnow you probably have before, but I missed it. Thanks, Lou
Fur, fur, fur... LOL Sinningia bullata almost ready to pop...
I LOVE that one, Olaf! Did you get seed from Mauro?
Connie
Olaf, are the leaves on the Sinningia bullata really quilted? If so, it's awesome. I sure love the unusual. Also love the Kohleria.
'Peppermint'
Here's Saintpaulia Cirelda getting ready to bloom. She's wicked and sitting in a Ball 4 oz canning jar.
Sinninga Chippewa Merry Martha blooming her little head off. She's also wicked and sitting on a canning jar.
I love that Sinningia, Eileen and 'Cirelda' is just the most wonderful little thing in the world! :)
Yes, Sinningia bullata has quilted leaves. It's definitely the Sinningia with the coolest foliage of them all...
Here's a closeup of a Sinningia bullata leaf showing the puckered (bullate) surface and the wooly, furry underside:
OMG, Olaf. I love it. It is soooo different from all others.
Thanks Eileen!
And it's so easy to propagate! I have some nice size cuttings down that should be blooming size soon. I'll put your name on one of them. :)
Olaf
Kohleria 'HCY's Jardin De Monet' is still doing its thing and I just noticed that another shoot of the same plant is getting ready to bloom as well...
My "Old Reliable": Kohleria 'Peridots Potlach'
Love the pictures Sister Jan,Melanie and Olaf!
I need to get busy and get my plants doing something besides sitting their begging for attention.
Lynn
A Noid!
I beg to differ...that is a STUNNING NOID!! :) Very pretty!
Connie
Love it Tommie!
It's amazing how time flies when you are 'tidying' plants. I spent 8 hours the past 2 days playing 'catch-up' from the holidays. I'm exhausted. How did everyone's vacation treat their plants?
Here's Sinningia 'Darth Vader' with it's first bloom.
Drymonia chiribogana blooming again.
Great job, Jamie! I love 'Darth Vader' and it's not exactly often that you see a D. chiribogana in bloom! :)
I spent the afternoon potting up stolons of the few Epicia plants I have. Now maybe I'll see some flowers. Jamie, that drimonia is awesome. I love the leaves. And the tiny flower is so cute.
Tommy, your noid is very pretty. Very delicate looking.
And Olaf, of course your plant blooms are AWESOME, as they always are. I keep adding, adding adding to my ever-growing list.
Morning folks. Awesome pictures as usual.
Hi Earle,I make my bottle waterers almost the same as the link Connie posted but I leave the cap on and just cut a slit in it..I use perlite in mine.Ginger ale bottles work best for me,the green bottle stops the alge from forming.
Good going Olaf,didn't take you long to make a self waterer.Forgot to tell you I love your light bulb.Isn't you tube great.Look up how to recycle plastic bottle as see what you come up with.Amazing ideas.I want to make one of these but theres no dircections.Wish I could buy one.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UnbEnntcB8&feature=related
or this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=4AdUit_qj_Y&feature=endscreen
Hi meleine,those waterers are great too.I use them also.We can thank Tish for coming up with the copy cat oyama pot! Give those a try to folks,you will be surprised how good they work!
Tommy your niod is a beauty!
Eileen,your plants are very pretty!
jamiew,your plants look great!
Hi sistas Connie and Lynn ^_^
If I missed anyone,sorry.I need to get here more often ^_^
Have a great day,Jan
Jan, a bunch of links came up along the side of your utube post. I'm sure you can make one of these. LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5E9-bWncY8&feature=endscreen&NR=1
Do you have instructions on how to make the waterer's that Melanie uses? Could use some new ideas.
Y'all make me get into arts and crafts. Being a naturally clumsy, I think I need to stock up on bandages and such... LOL
Okay, here's Sinningia bullata getting ready to pop:
More Sinningia bullata:
And last but not least, cuttings for Spring trading... :)
Some of ou talented people might enjoy this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFjbzN-pxc4
The first flower on Sinningia bullata finally opened:
Hello, I am back -Happy New Year to all.The bulb project is cool in what was a hot bulb......
would love a couple of siningias if any one wants to share come spring. Thanks Helene
This Av and Gessie growing can be so sad sometimes. My whole collection of espys died from near frost conditions outside. They did beautifully outside for the past 2 years, but it got just a bit too cold this past week.sad
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Hey Helene!
Good to see you back on DG! :)
Sorry to hear about your plants... :( I'd be glad to share some Sinningias with you come Spring.
Olaf
I may have some extra Episcia by spring.First I need to get them through winter LOL.
Lynn
So I had this meltdown after losing DH and part of it was neglect of Violets and outdoor plants. Can't do all the watering etc. anymore.
This Sing. just faltered and came back faltered and w/ watering came back. So now I am hooked on them. How can one not love something that just wants to live....
Thank you for the offers. Just want a couple as I am moving w/DD come May. Therefore I also have to forgo the RR that I have been reading about.
This was given to me by mrsbonnie and is just so handsome
again not the best of plants because of irregular fertilizing/watering.
That's a gorgeous plant Helene. It is good to hear from you again. Where are you moving to in May? You should have room for some mini sinningias anywhere and they are just fantastic.
Back to the game. RoooooooOOOOOLLLLLL TIDE!!!!!!!
I agree with Jamie.
Mini Sinningias don't require a lot of space and they actually tolerate quite a bit of complete neglect.
All they need is essentially the same care as for Violets with maybe a little bit more light.
Most of them are real easy growers and good bloomers.
Olaf
Well if it isn't January already. Holidays are over and I'm back to regular work schedule. Glad the madness is over. I am happy to say that one of the 4 mini Sinningias that I got is blooming. I will take some pictures tomorrow as well as some other African violets that looks beautiful !!!!
Well here are some more plants blooming. First let me revisit AV Optimara's Harlequin. It looks soo beautiful right now in full bloom
This is AV Rebel's Crested Robin
