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African Violets

Josue Diaz

By Josue Diaz
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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Josue Diaz

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I've had a marginal interest in African Violets over the years. Here are a few that are blooming at the moment. Feel free to share yours!

 

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Gonzer Grand Master

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Nice to see them make an appearance again. They were all the rage back in the early 70's. We went through dozens of plants a week at an indoor plant store I worked. You've grown them well.

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I used to grow them when I lived in VA. They don't do well at all in FL.

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Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
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Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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They are soooooo easy to grow indoors for me. Even tolerating a bit of drying out when I forget to water them. I haven't tried any of the related genera but imagine their care might be similar perhaps?

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5 hours ago, Josue Diaz said:

They are soooooo easy to grow indoors for me. Even tolerating a bit of drying out when I forget to water them. I haven't tried any of the related genera but imagine their care might be similar perhaps?

I think most of the gesneriads have similar culture. I've tried a number here and none make it long so I gave up on all of them. They detest high heat.

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

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My older sister, Maria, grew those back in the '70's.  She even had the tiny dwarf forms.  I thought it was cool the way you could propagate them with a leaf -- with the new roots growing out of the petiole.

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