Terri- thank you. I'll have to check that site later. Thought it might be a good first step to start with wood hill

Evelyn is one of their large standard varieties. They have similar ones that are regular standards. I have Evelyn and it came in a 6" pot. I repotted it into a 5" but it's a big plant with large leaves. MyViolet.com might help or Facebook.

I checked my violet.com and Terri you were right the first one looks more like Montana II. The second one looks like Evelyn. Leaves are dark with a red reverse. Melody Rose maybe this is just a smaller one?I did have to take some leaves off. For the third it does look like Dali but Dali doesn't have a red reverse and mine does on some of them.

Maybe a freak thing?

A number of violets described as having "medium green leaves" will show some red on the backs if they are exposed to high light. In your picture, some outer leaves appear yellowish indicating strong light so reddish backs can be expected. Optimara's descriptions don't always mention this. A case in point is Rita which also has medium green leaves. Optimara stated on their FB page that it's leaves will often flush rosy on the backs & this is not mentioned in the official description.

Terri

Terri- makes sense, would of never thought of that. Thank you!

Your plants are beautiful btw. Impressive amount of flowers on the white. If it's Montana, it's lower petals will turn blue depending conditions.

Melody rose - thank you! I'm impressed myself as I've only started collecting that past few months. Funny you say that this is what it looked like when I bought it almost 2 months ago. Only had 2 blooms then.

I know I've posted this before, but this is how my Montana II looked in the summer heat. Terri

Beautiful!! Why do they change color like that? Is there a reason

I don't put too much faith in Optimara's use of "medium green." O. Pennsylvania is definitely dark green and O. Manitoba is darker than most. Some of them blush pink without being wholly red-backed. It's useful if you know if the back is silver or red - helps a lot.

Diana

Diana- this may sound like a dumb question but silver back will have a silverish appearance I assume? The 1 I have I think it's just blushed because the stems aren't pink or red. Would that be correct? Sorry just trying to learn everything

Terri gorgeous plant! I absolutely love your doily too! So, so pretty :-)

Loveofbostons, the flower color will change depending on temperature and light level. Some plants seem to be more affected by one or the other.

Took another look this morning and a few blooms are starting to change. I think it's amazing how they do that

Silverback is pretty much a fancy word for what we'd call white or light green :) Some will have red veins on older leaves. These are young plants and I'm just looking here on the table but Mac's Misty Meadow and the small O. Millennia here both show no red on the back. Some are very red and others show a "blush." A couple of chimeras are white too.

A good leaf description can help but it is usually of mature leaves so the babies may not show all the characteristics.

Diana in PA