Karyn

Looks like everyone is out on this beautifull day. So I will be the first to comment . Im not the expert, but I can tell you that those are not chimeras, I posted pics of some just like them and I was told they are called "thumb prints" . Rather than misguide you I will stop here and not comment further and let the experts do their thing.

Considering I know almost nothing about AV's anything would be helpful. After reading about chimeras I was afraid that's what they were. A friend wanted leaf cuttings and I'd hate to have given them something that wasn't going to turn out to be the plant they were expecting. Actually I'll probably just buy them some. For $1 a piece it's not worth wasting time trying to root the leaves. lol What is a "thumb print"? Thanks for the info.
Karyn

Karyn,

The right one - purple "thumbprint" on white - is Rhapsodie Cora. It is a rare exception when you can name the plant on the fly, usually it is hopeless. It mostly comes true from the leaf - sometimes they all mutate - sport - and do not come true - like baby comes solid purple. It was one of my first AVs and it is still growing and blooming very reliably.

Chimeras only come true from offshoots - suckers. The pattern on the bloom is a "pinwheel" - when you have a stripe of different color in the middle of each petal. "Thumbprint" - is a spot of a different color closer to the tip of the petal.

For $1 a piece you can only get noname poor orphans from the big store on a clearance rack. Since collecting - is part of an obsessive-compulsive disorder in a mild form (hopefully) - we want to have a specific named plant no matter what, most of our collection are named plants except may be several kept for sentimental reasons and/or beautiful blooms.

You have a good touch with your plants, they look lovely and in no time your collection will grow - and at some point you will start getting more systematic with your collection - like you will be interested in chimeras - or minis - or plants from a certain hybridizer. Let's say after you get an african violet #100...

;-))

Good luck

Irina

Thanks for the name. I don't collect AV's. I'm obsessed with passifloras, brugs and plumerias though : ) I was in my husband's shop and he'd just gotten his weekly shipment of AV's in and the colors looked so pretty that I decided to take a few home. He gets about 1000 a week so his cost is quite low. I guess I'd never paid much attention to them and after I brought them home I wondered if they had names. If I haven't started collecting them in the past 20 years I think I'm safe, I hope. lol
Thanks again,
Karyn

Hi Karyn,
Your AV's can have any one of a dozen names. If you are happy with the way they look and don't care to exhibit them in shows, forget about naming them. The thumbprint violets can be part of the Optimara Artist series which was put out a few years back. Depending on the color setting of you camera, they could be O. Van Gogh, Dali, Michaelangello, Leonardo Da Vinci, Seurat, etc. Just be happy with your NOIDS and don't try to name them.
Fred in NJ