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African Violets double in kitchen (Close up ) 2010- 09-30 001

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By Balcony


African Violets double in kitchen (Close up ) 2010- 09-30 001 (Saintpaulia ionantha)

This is one of my double flowered African Violets growing on a west facing window in our kitchen.



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Love the thick velvety leaves!

3 Oct, 2010

 

Thanks, PP! :-)) The leaves are very thick, they are a step down from being succulents. Their leaves can store quite a bit of water & they can go for a couple of weeks dry like dust & still recover as if nothing had happened! Well if they get to that state they may lose a couple of the lower leaves as they go brown & shrivel up but the plant itself continues like nothing has happened! They can't tolerate standing in a saucer of water that will kill them a lot faster than dryness over a couple of weeks!

4 Oct, 2010



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