And Little Pink

Beautiful.

Thank you Bernieh

This one and the one before are like a girl and boy violet because of the colorings. Very nice.

Greenthumb:

This is an exceptionally beautiful African Violet! Do you know the named variety?

I don't. I grab an eye catching one if I find one when I browse plants in places I go. I'm always on the lookout. So easy to propagate them. A good one.

GT:

I actually saw this variety at my local nursery yesterday when getting some information for GoY member Bernieh. It didn't have a variety name though. I was very surprised
to see how many variegated flowering varieties of African Violet are available.

Flower variegation seems more common now, and unlabeled places seem to have those new varieties in plenty. The variegated leaves are still a hard find. I'm surprized by the lack of label where most a. violets are sold. A market meant to be thrown away, not kept. :-( I still love them, and save them when I can. :-)

GT:

I think you're correct...most of the varieties of African Violets' flowers were variegated.

You may be right -- they are meant to be thrown away...however, they are long-lived plants...as long as they are taken care of properly.

I think they are used in such a manner because propagation is a breeze. This was my first plant to propagate in tissue culture. We got 1000 plants from a peice of leaf! That could mean serious production.

GT:

Yes, they are very easy to propagate. Do you work in the field of tissue culture? I've always found this field very interesting...especially when I was in college studying horticulture and botany many years ago.

1000 plants from a piece of leaf...with that quantity it would be easy for me to start my African Violet ground cover which I'm planning on putting in my front yard this year.

I only did the tissue culture as part of my plant propagation class at the University, for my pleasure. We don't have any kind of botany or horticulture studies here. It was really a great experience and gave me so much more hands on knowledge than I would have gained on my own. I propagated them from one leaf just poking the stem end into moist vermiculite/perlite and keeping moist. It was similar, your could get two or three plants from each leaf in about 6 months.

Heres a link http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/14622-african-violet-babies/member/greenthumb

GT:

Thanks for all the interesting information. I'll check out your website.