March Blooms!

Hope it's Ok that I kick this off...

So... Last August, we treated my friend Barbara to her first MLB game to see our Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park..
As luck would have it, the night we were there was only our new #44 Jason Bay's second night playing for us.

And he belted out a homer that made me and Barbara literally cry like wussies!

When we dropped her off that night, Barbara gave me this mini noID, which I decided to nickname Jason Bay, as a reminder of the cool game we'd been to that night.

Now it's finally blooming for me and WOW--What a knockout! (Or should I say Home Run? ha!)

African Violet - noID "Jason Bay"

Whoa, that's a beauty! And nice photo too, by the way :)

I just love purple that is so pretty
I just got one its called Ida Wanna But I just can't get the true color of purple I just got this one a couple of weeks ago when I came home from Turtle-Chi-Ninja's House
This is B. Ida Wanna
Dimmer

And This is one that Susan Gave to me and why not It has my Name Kim
Thanks Susan

HA!!! "Ida Wanna" whadda great name...

Purple is REALLY hard to photograph--I try to google tips on photographing purple all the time and there's alotta discussion from photographers across the board saying it's a really hard color to "get right".

I was really lucky--The color of "Jason Bay" is just about spot-on... I truly think it's luck mosta the time when it comes to purples.


This message was edited Mar 2, 2009 5:08 PM

Great baseball story and pretty noid!
Kim,what pretty Streps.!
Lynn

I'm better with pinks....Rob's Vanilla Trail

Has anyone grown Senk's Alchemy Parakeet? I'm pretty disapointed in the color of this one's first bloom.

Great blooms to begin the month of March, ladies! Cute baseball story and I love that you named the pretty noid after a player! That AV noid is really gorgeous.

LOL, re: photographing the color purple .... if it's me taking the picture, it's hard sometimes to get Any color right!

Kim, someone recently posted a picture of the Strep Ida Wanna. It is so pretty and that name gives me a giggle every time I see it! Great name for a plant! Love that deep purple "Kim" Strep too!

phoebe: Wow! That's a great photo of Rob's Vanilla Trail - gorgeous violet! And, I really like the looks of that bloom on Alchemy's Parakeet.

awesome pictures ladies.I need picture taking classes.^_^

You and me both Jan! I love to look at everybodys pictures,except mine.
Lynn

Happy March! It has been enjoyable catching up on the pretty pictures te last part of Feb and now into March...

I have very few semi mini violets left now but this pretty little thing is blooming nicely right now.

Sassy Angel

~Brenda

Brenda,that's a cutie!
Lynn

Thanks Lynn!

Jan here is my S Guttatta (that you grew from seed!) still blooming away. She is a good 1 foot tall now!

I never get tired of these polka dotted blooms with their yellow throats!

Brenda

This is S Apricot Brocade that Jim sent me as a cutting with my gessie swap box last Oct! I was happy to get it rooted plus blooming!

Brenda

My Sinningia Darth Vadar is opening up it's 8th huge bloom today .... to say I am in love is an understatement as I turn this plant around and admire it from every angle and bloom. No one comes in my house that I don't run and grab this plant to show it to them! LOL

~Brenda

I love looking at everybodys pictures! I'm a little confused on 'Ida Wanna' . I've seen pictures where the top is light purple and others where it's white.Could that be a difference in cameras?
Sinn. Apricot Brocade is adorable! Guttatta is awesome,too.
Lynn

Brenda,
You posted that photo as I was typing...sorta like a turtle.It's gorgeous.

Oh Brenda I love that plant what is it called the one that's a foot tall Is that the same as a It starts with a Kolh or kohl I will try and fine the name
Susan gave me 3 of them
Queen Only, Dragon Blood . She as on the Ticket ANS Nagging Marcus
I have a few other but no name one
I will go look up the name and get back
Hugs
Dimmer

Brenda, your plants are gorgeous! And, I can see why you would want everyone to see Darth Vader ... Amazing blooms!

Dimmer, I bet you are thinking of Kohleria? The picture in Brenda's post is Sinningia Guttata. Hope you will post some photo's of your Kohleria's!

I will post pictures but none of them have bloom as I got them from TurtleChi ninja when I went to vists her
and yes it is Kohlerias
The flower is purple on the bottom and white but I can't get a good picture with the right color
This might be a better picture
Dimmer

Very pretty ... shows what I know though, I would have thought that was a Strep. What's the name on that one. I love the color!

Lynn The flower above is a strep Ida wanna
and the yes for Kohlerias was the word I was looking for I am so confused so much is going on and I am very tired
I will think straight latter
After I sleep did lots of work as far as cleaning bedroom after a year Of putting stuff in closet took me from 7 till 2 and only got 4 bags for good will I got to get tougher. Here is a clean room with my plants
Hugs
Dimmer

Brenda--your Darth Vader is amazing!

Here are some picture of some more plants
This one is called JIM

Party Girl That's me

Midnight Flame thank you Susan I can send picture with you guys

This is a sinningia flair

Shy Blue is the veg and California Sunset

Rambling show stopper

Blueberry Butterfly

Gloria

Kimmy,
I don't know how to tell you this but the plant above is not Jim :-( That is a lable I had with his name on it to stick in a plant I have for him... It must have fallen into the ones I already had cut...LOLOLnn Look on the other side of the tag and see if you see a name.... They look good Kim..... Oh you also have seed pods on your streps....LOL Ok this lady is off to bed....
Love ya,
Susan

OK how about Ruby My Now Strep Plants has turn from he/she to a she its not Jim Its Ruby don't take your love to town
Thanks Susan

You Welcome... Night...
Hugs,
Susan

Susan you guys are too funny .... a strep from he to she! LOL Pretty pictures Dimmer and your bedroom looks like a wonderful place to relax in, I love all the room you have and all the plants!

Thank you Lin and Phoebe, Darth Vadar is definitely my favorite right now!

I was sent some Optimara Violet Food NPK 14-12-14 by accident (I had ordered something else) and my plants have gone crazy on the stuff. It's like they're on steroids or something. LOL

Lynn the leaves do kind of look like a turtle back don't they? ^_^

Here is a strep Salmon Sunset at it's peak last month

~Brenda

dimmer, your plants look wonderful & so does your apt,adorable.i also like the he plant to she. lol
bonnie

Brenda,
I love your Salmon Sunset... I also love the Silvia in the back ground and also the Roulette Azur.... Very pretty...
I have about 8 -10 plants I am trying to find the names of and for the life of me I can't... It really gets my goat that I can't find the names... I may post them here later and let you ladies have a shot at it....
Brenda, Nice to have you back...
Hugs,
Susan

Hey Susan, bring on the streps with no names, I could name some that are distinctive and I'm sure others could toss some names out for harder ones. Since you knew the names at one time hopefully our ideas and guesses would ring a bell for you helping you to remember.

I'm getting first blooms on a couple of Bristol's Zapped grown from leaf.

~Brenda

Recent Space Dust blooms, you gotta love the fantasies!

~Brenda