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African Violets

two new violets:

13 years ago

Here are two new violets I bought yesterday. The lavendar with speckles I bought from Walmart. It was on the bottom shelf at the back, so no leaves were missing. I bought the other one at Meijer's grocery store. It was the last one of variegated leaves, and has a pink semidouble blossom. That one had leaves missing from one side of the plant. Wonder if someone just took a few to start? They appear to be healthy... (sorry I got the pink one sideways!).

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blondiejan
Original Author
13 years ago
Here are the photos...don't know why they didn't upload the first time....
blondiejan
Original Author
13 years ago
Here's the lavendar violet....
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blondiejan
Original Author
13 years ago
closeup of the lavendar bloom with speckles....
aegis1000
13 years ago
Very nice ...
Sarah1502
13 years ago
Very lovely. It's hard for me to find nice av's at Wal-Mart. I never seem to get there before the poor plants have suffered.
seaj
13 years ago
Your speckled lavender plant looks like Optimara's Rhapsodie Michelle. It's my favorite variety.
terrilou
13 years ago
I think Michelle is a good guess for the lavender plant. Its possible the variegated one may be Optimara Romance. Both are very nice.
blondiejan
Original Author
13 years ago
Thanks for the info...I'll look those two named violets up to see if those are the ones!

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