Gorgeous deep rich colors !
your Mid At and Friends indoor gardens 2013
Love the variety.
Here's my lowly offering. A new violet for my MIL
Otherwise, plants are hanging in here OK and looking forward to spring.
Here is my offering--NOT exactly "lowly"--but there is not much else blooming.
Just too this picture to show you. A bit out of focus...Oh, well....
Sally--is yours fixing to bloom yet?
Wonder if Terp's is? I will send this to him as well.
edited to say--my other one is still sitting there with NO buds even showing.
They bloom when they feel like it--i suppose....
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Wow G- full blown bloom!
My has no buds showing yet, but is starting to grow, main plant plus three good sets. The laundry room where it sits is pretty chilly. Maybe if it were warmer.
Sally---
This one put out a stalk of buds-to-be while still in my basement. Dark--cool--no watering...
The other one--same size--same conditions--nothing showing yet.
I brought both of them upstairs when the one started to make buds.
Equal treatment--one in full bloom--the other one still snoozing.
I only have the two now--which is what I always wanted.
Paul bough the other four before Christmas--one (two?) to keep--the other ones to give away as gifts.
Happiness is NOT having 8 pots of big Clivias in my possession.....:o)
Here is what to look for when the buds start pushing through that thick base.
I don't know how they make it--it's like giving birth to a baby....
When the bloom stem is getting half way up--you may want to stake it--or it will just
bend over and may even break. You can see i already have it staked in pic. #4. Green tie in place.
Hey all,
The clivias that I have given away are not blooming up yet. Three of the four I see or am in contact with on a regular basis. I stopped with the cold dark dormanant period when I got them, the week before Xmas. Perhaps, it was not long enough of a period perhaps not. Either way the foliage is gorgeous.
The one I kept for myself had a baby sprouting and I recall reading somewhere its recommended to keep one in a smaller pot to allow it to focus its energy on a bloom and another in a much larger pot to allow it to reproduce. So I'll probably try that perhaps if I can't get a bloom this year and to have more to give!
I've been a bit sidetracked recently I am really trying to get focused on a career and moving forward. I'm excited for the spring swap and perhaps the seed luncheon!!
Clivia just has its own ideas about whether or when to bloom. I love the dark green leaves, too.
Hey Paul, Good luck with that!! We're all rooting for ya
Va Wild Rose - your strep photos are beautiful. I was inspired when I saw the first grouping and started browsing the violet barn website. I ordered a few last Fri that should be arriving today or tomorrow. One order is going to my friend Cheryl who is down in FL for the winter - today is her birthday, and she absolutely loves the strep that she received from donner-sally at a plant swap. Another order is coming my way. I know they'll be really small on arrival - can't wait until they get to blooming size. Your latest photos makes me want them even more!
Blooming here - one amaryllis is in full bloom right now and the christmas cactus division that I took from my Mother's 50 year old plant from Grandma. Small division, but each tip has a pink flower! And, it is definitely a christmas cactus vs thanksgiving cactus.
Those Streps are just gorgeous.
I've had Clivia for years. Several of Gita and from the HGHA Raffle Tables and I have only once seen a bloom and it was very small and stunted. I have a couple of really pretty violets blooming right now.
I do think that Clivias really need that winter's rest/dormancy. And--you are not supposed to water them at all during winter.
From the Papmphlet I gave everyone:
",,....it requires a definite rest period in winter if it is to bloom profusely the following year.
The number of blooms in each flower group (umbel) give a clear picture of how well the plant is thriving."
also:......."If the pot is too big, the leaves will grow well but it will be short on flowers; on the other hand,
there will be lots of new plants later".......also: ""Clivias like good soil. but too much room in the pot
inhibits flowering. Clivias are happiest when crowded."
I think all the Clivias will bloom sooner or later for you all. Don't fuss too much over these plants.
Ignorance is bliss in this case......G.
I do think maybe mine just has too much space. I do a pretty good job on ignoring it.
So it is true ignorance is bliss.
I have no doubt that it will bloom in time. I enjoy the comparison of the same plant in various conditions and or environments.
Good luck with your streps aspen hill!
What did you order?
I ordered:
Bristol Fish Lips https://www.violetbarn.com/shop/index.php?_a=product&product_id=132
Bristol Mei Lee https://www.violetbarn.com/shop/index.php?_a=product&product_id=125
Bristol Frazzle Dazzle https://www.violetbarn.com/shop/index.php?_a=product&product_id=1320
and Sashenka - shown in the thumbnail
Thought that these four would give a general color variety to get started with.
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Great! I love Sa'shenka! The markings on it are striking. It is one of my faves. It blooms great too!
I 'need' an African Gardenia now...and I 'blame' JB (smoochies)
Does anyone know what this is? Donner I think it probably came from you but not entirely sure. I just missed this bloom it's pretty wilted but you get an idea of what it looked like. It is a cascader, probably 2 ft long.
Swedish Ivy?
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Here are a few of my blooming AV
Oh Holly they are beautiful. I am trying to decide do I want to try again to raise AV. How can you tell if they are patented?
I don't think my AV's will bloom as long as it is cold, as they sit very close to my big LR window.
I do have a couple pretty ones--once they bloom.
If I may borrow a couple pictures from Oct. 2011--here are the two I like.
I am sure some of the leaves I have rooting are from one of these.
I have quite a lot of those going....
G.
Beautiful AVs Holly and Gita...
Thanks Sally I thought it was a Strep???
I have a blue one that is slightly different than this one. It has similar soft leaves and cascades but the stems are different. It has blue flowers and I thought it was a Strep???, too. When I looked up the Streptocarpella it looked just like the one with the blue flowers.
Holly, that plant you are trying to ID is an Alsobia, but I don't know which one....
Maybe Alsobia dianthiflora...
Karen
Thanks Karen, I think that's it.
I keep asking this question but no one is giving me an answer. How do they mark African Violets that are patented? If I learn how to propagate these I want to be able to sell them.
So, before I begin my search for stock plants, I need to know. What is the AVSA number on some of the violets mean? If that just an ID number of is it the patent number? HELP!
This site has info on lots of things that are patented. Maybe it can help you.
http://www.patentfish.com/african-violet
That answered my question, they also use PP. The AVSA must be an association or somegroup the growers belong to and register their violets. I just had to be sure I knew what I was looking for. Most plants are marked PP when patented but not everyone tells you if they are and then you get them , then you see the little tag and it is too late. LOL Thanks so much.
Here is a link I have in mt Bookmarks. http://www.lyndonlyon.com/
Here is another one--- http://www.violetbarn.com/
From Google: This may not be much help--but... http://violetvoice.yuku.com/topic/519/AVs-Progagation-and-Patents#.URWMWvJtxMg
Maybe this will help---seems a lot to read though.... http://www.patentfish.com/african-violet
Getting a bit closer----This link gives you pictures of named varieties. Explore the side links for more info.
http://www.valleyviolets.com/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=category&id=4:standards&Itemid=55
OK, JB!
You'll have some reading and looking to do. Gita
Sat morning I had a couple of small errands to run and I had JR with me so I decided to stop at a local nursery and look at their AV or any thing else that might catch my eye. I picked up 2 new AV and a Pitcher plant that just fascinated JR. Not entirely sure that I can keep the Pitcher Plant alive, I have never had one before. It might need to go down to the GH as it likes a high humidity environment. I am hoping that it will catch the few Stink Bugs we have buzzing around on occasion.
Holly--
LOVE the violets...such vibrant colors! So healthy!
The ones that come into HD are always in the plastic sleeves and look nothing like
the quality of the ones you got.
Mass-grown; Mass-produced; Mass delivered; and mass sold.
They go out of bloom and then get tossed.
Kind of goes against all our plant nurturing and gardening mentality--doesn't it?
G.
Gita, I have 3 AV from my days at Lowes, Picked them up when they discounted them they are very nice now but you should have seen them when I first brought them home. Really they are almost impossible to take care of them in those types of stores. They usually end up on a shelf under some hanging baskets where they get dripped on and over watered. I often wondered how they made any money on them at all. I paid 3.99 each for these two new ones and the ones at the big box stores cost that much and aren't very nice.
Ooohh... I love the pitcher plant!
Yes, It is really a neat plant. The pitchers grow from the tips of the leaves. There is a tendril that comes off the tip of the leaf it would wrap around something if it could and then the pitcher grows on the end of the tendril.
Oh, that's a very impressive pitch plant! I can use one because I have got plenty of bugs inside the house :-)
I bought a few carnivorous plants last year and kept them on the patio table. They did great for a couple of weeks before they were eaten by something. I thought it might have birds trying to get to the bugs stuck on the plants, but could not be sure. I finally gave up and gave the plants to a friend who had many carnivorous plants but had no trouble with plants being eaten.
Sorry I missed your post earlier, Holly... That's Alsobia 'Cygnet'. I got it in a trade, and it cascades so freely that it's a great passalong plant, almost as easy as rooting spiderlings from a spider plant. I'll bring some to the swap Saturday... anybody who wants it, LMK and I'll tuck it in your goodie bag.
I was thinking it came from either you or Donner. It is a great plant and Ric has some rooting in the GH.
I'll give it a go. Sounds like an easy care free plant.