Welcome! Stop lurking :)

Did you look at O. Texas? I am now wondering who I saw at Lowe's tonight because I thought they were Texas but Wyoming does look a lot like it. The leaves seem to be different though and I didn't pay enough attention.

It's very nice and congratulations on saving it. I finally saw the famous "Cubes of Death" so now I can watch for butterworts. All they had were Venus Flytraps.

I am growing leaves of Tiger - loved that one and I think I got Gecko's LV too. We really have good taste ;)

Diana

Beautiful plant! Well done. Now stop lurking and join in!

Linda

Oh what a colour! That's really stunning!
I know I always say that, but I mean it.

That's a beautiful color!

As for lurking, i doubt anyone here is all that intimidating, so just join in! There have been a lot of 'new' faces around lately, and it makes this place so much more interesting!

Cheers,

Karin

Thanks everyone. I get a lot of joy out of growing AVs. Looking forward to joining in.

Hooray!
And who doesn't get a lot of joy out of growing AVs? Even the leaves are beautiful!
... and that's a good thing because at the moment I have a collection which would make Morticia Addams jealous.

(By the way, I feel compelled to admit that I am also an ex-lurker.)

I lurked for 9 months before signing up... but everything I read during that time has helped immensely with my modest collection of plants!

Hi, You may find that you will now begin to grow your collection, a little at a time. However, you will do so armed with knowledge of what you want to grow. If you have an African Violet Society Club nearby, you might want to visit to see if you might like to join. And/or subscribe to the African Violet Society magazine. It all depends on how much you want to make this into a hobby.

For myself, I read the Forum off and on when I had a question about care or varieties. Little by little, I got more interested in growing a small collection.

Have fun! It is just a matter of how much time you would like to devote to the hobby, chatting with others on line or in person, and especially, growing the plants.

I never lurked. I had 6 AV's doing AV stuff and then the Bugs Ate Them!
I came here for a bit of tea and sympathy, and the friendly folks here listened to my tales of woe, commiserated with my sorrows and gave helpful advice.
I lost 5 of the 6 plants but the kind people here sent me leaves and plants to get started again.
Now I have many plants, leaves and much FUN!
This is a good place so join in. Admire the photos, join the discussions, commiserate with the people who battle bugs and rot and Have Fun
This is a good forum of good people and everyone can and should join in. No one knows it all. We all learn from each other and the more the merrier!

This post was edited by lucky123 on Mon, Jun 16, 14 at 0:00

I, on the other hand, more or less "lurked" for years. I turned here when I wanted to do research on, for example, the best red african violets. Back in the day, I thought in order to join in, I had to know
every hybridizer's name and I was also wary of getting "hooked." I felt that in order to know what others were talking about, I would need to grow examples from all the hybridizers y'all were chatting about.
However, once I was already hooked, the Forum helped me systematize and spruce up my collection. I also learned way more than I ever planned to use, but eventually, put most of it to use.
Now I know too much and am in danger of sounding like
a smarty pants when I go to the club, which I recently joined, and chat up the old pros. That was less than a year ago, so it does not take long to learn a lot here. Joanne

I only lurked because I found that most of my questions were already answered in other forum posts!
It's much better being able to contribute though. I find I spend most of my time chatting to people and helping others with their problems.
Both are pretty fun.

Yes, that was why I lurked, also. However, sharing and asking questions helped me transition from having a mishmash plant collection to a more orderly collection that makes sense. Joining a club gives me and outlet for selling my surplus.
Patchy, I like your Aussie smile, on another post. ;o)

That's why I lurked too fortyseven. I could usually find answers if I searched the forum. (and I love looking at the pictures.)

Fortyseven - thankyou, but what Aussie smile?

Reversed, (: vs. :)

This post was edited by fortyseven on Sat, Jun 21, 14 at 16:17