African Violets

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First Bloom: Little Pro

A photo of a recently bloomed african violet.

First Bloom: Rob's Zipper Zapper

A photo of a recently bloomed african violet.

First Bloom: NK Solaris

A photo of a small blue and purple african violet.

First Bloom: Jolly Orchid

A photo of a small white african violet.

Inspired by Zak’s summer harvest pictures, I got an urge to do some “gardening.” The girls and their babysitter went ahead and re-potted a lot of the house plants. I seriously thinned out the african violets. Now, I’ve just got NK-Solaris, LE-Polkaris, and Strawberry Sunday. Most of these came from the Lakeshore AVS Spring Sale 2025, so they were due for potting up.

Week Notes 55

The 3rd week of exams.

First Bloom: Rob's Vanilla Trail

A photo of a small pink african violet.

First Bloom: Vallarta Campanas Moradas

A purple bell-shaped african violet

First Bloom: Eucodonia Adele

Attention conservation notice:

I got a rhizome of this at the Lakeshore AVS Spring Sale 2026. It is my first eucodonia. A sort of funny Dr. Seuss plant. Huge foliage and tiny little flowers. A sort of streptocarpus with massive leaves. Now that I have a eucodonia, primulina kohleria, two streptocarpi, and a bunch of violets around, I am starting to get a feel for a small part of the gesneriad family. I enjoy the family resemblances.