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Violet Update

Friday, 29 Jun 12 Sunny 32°C / 90°F

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The leaf of Optimara Romance and the tiny baby that sprouted from the side of the leaf have died. The Optimara Romance 3 baby has also died. That leaves one healthy baby. The original plant itself is also needing some help. Most of the all pink leaves have gone limp and fallen off, but the center crown with its few mostly green leaves is still healthy. I decided to take it out of the big pot and repot it into a smaller one. The roots and crown look ok, but I have it in a domed box on the light shelf. Hopefully it will recover!

OP105.1 has finally bloomed! And, disappointingly, it is another plant of Texas II. So it was repotted and was put downstairs with the extras. The extra plant of Chico was also moved downstairs.

The newly potted baby of Ness’ Fantasy Gold didn’t make it.

There are buds on White Madonna 2 on the light shelf. And Ballet Snowcone 4 is blooming and Milky Way Trail has its first tiny flower with several more buds. Irish Flirt is still full of buds, and none have opened yet!

Repotted Emerald Love and S. grandifolia No. 237 to ceramic two-part pots from the smaller 6 oz containers they were in. Silverglade Dolls has been brought upstairs to the window light shelves.

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Day 593

Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Optimara Texas (III)' (OP109)

Saintpaulia

Blooming
Day 263

Saintpaulia - African Violet 'White Madonna' (Baker) (VR1112.5)

Saintpaulia

Blooming
Day 593

Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Optimara Dali' (OP108)

Saintpaulia

Blooming
Day 294

Saintpaulia 5b ionantha ssp clone grotei 'Silvert' (SJ114)

Saintpaulia ionantha subsp. grotei

Blooming
Day 593

Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Rhapsodie Rebecca' (OP104)

Saintpaulia

Blooming
Day 295

Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Ozio' (SJ1126)

Saintpaulia

Blooming
Day 36

Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Optimara Romance' (CM10.4)

Saintpaulia

Dying [[Archived]]
Day 36

Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Optimara Romance' (CM10.3)

Saintpaulia

Dying [[Archived]]
Day 257

Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Optimara Romance' LEAF (CM10)

Saintpaulia

Dying [[Archived]]
Day 335

Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Optimara Texas III' (OP105.1)

Saintpaulia

Blooming
Day 983

Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Chico' (SW094)

Saintpaulia

Moved

AV Nursery garden > AV Nursery garden downstairs to light shelves

Day 335

Saintpaulia - African Violet 'White Madonna' (VR1112.2)

Saintpaulia

Budding
Day 261

Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Ballet Snowcone' (VR113.4)

Saintpaulia

Blooming
Day 295

Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Irish Flirt' (SJ1122)

Saintpaulia

Budding
Day 293

Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Milky Way Trail' (SJ1111)

Saintpaulia

Blooming

African Violet Collection garden

AV Nursery garden

Day 295

Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Ozio' (SJ1126)

Saintpaulia

Blooming
Day 294

Saintpaulia 5a ionantha ssp. grandifolia - Grandifolia No. 237 (SJ113)

Saintpaulia ionantha subsp. grandifolia

Repotted
Day 414

Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Emerald Love' (VR116)

Saintpaulia

Repotted
Day 132

Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Silverglade Dolls' (SW1112.1)

Saintpaulia

Moved

AV Nursery garden > AV Nursery garden moved upstairs to natural light

Day 335

Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Optimara Texas III' (OP105.1)

Saintpaulia

Repotted
Day 834

Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Optimara Romance' (CM10)

Saintpaulia

Repotted
Day -7

Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Optimara Texas III' LEAF (OP105.1)

Saintpaulia

Potting Up
Day 0

Saintpaulia 5a ionantha ssp. grandifolia - Grandifolia No. 237 LEAF (SJ113)

Saintpaulia ionantha subsp. grandifolia

Potting Up

Comments

  • TolCath

    TolCath wrote:

    The world has zillions of plants, but I am always sorry when a plantlet doesn’t make it. Yours in the pics seem to look really healthy.

    Posted on 06 Jul 12 (11 months ago)

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