satin sheen

10 years ago

anyone on here have a violet called Satin Sheen? I would like a picture of the blooms and the top and underneath side of leaf. I've looked on the AVSA site but no description of this plant. Please help. Thanks. Pembroke

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irina_co
10 years ago
Pembroke -

there is a registered plant with this name - Standard, double light pink, quilted, C.Reed #2830, registered in 1976. There is a small pic of blossoms in the First Class program. Very small amount of AVs registered in 1976 are still available. In 40 years - most of them gone to Violet Heaven. If you found it - you won a lottery on a bus ticket.

There is an excellent variety with Satin in its name- "Ness' Satin Rose" - it is available, it is vintage and it is a darling - I highly recommend this one.

Irina
pembroke
Original Author
10 years ago
Irina: thanks for info. I saw a picture on the AVSA photo gallery and thought it looked a lot like the one I'm trying to find a name for. I haven't figured out how to post a picture on here yet so I've just been looking at pictures from wherever I can find them. The bloom looks kinda like mine and I was hoping to see the leaf top and bottom in hopes this might be the name of the one I have. This AV is somewhat old. My mother had a leaf given to her several yrs ago and the lady that gave it to her had it for several yrs before that. I wish I could send a couple of pictures to someone and they could post it for me. Thanks. Pembroke
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Leon Ash
10 years ago
" I wish I could send a couple of pictures to someone and they could post it for me. Thanks. Pembroke"

Send it to me & I'll do it.
pembroke thanked Leon Ash
irina_co
10 years ago
Pembroke -

you are trying to find a name for something pink??? Call it "Mama's Pink" and be happy with it! 3000 violets in the registry are pink. May be less- but not much less.

The only way to get a named plant - is to buy a named plant - and stick to the label.

My understanding - you just started getting serious about this hobby. So you are learning - and everybody at this stage has a mix of named plants, unnamed plants, Home Depot plants. WIll good care - they all bloom beautifully. If you will get more obsessed some time later - you weed out unnamed plants out of your collection - so you can have more fancy ones.

I am thinking - 1 million people grow 1-2 violets at home, 3000 belong to African Violet Society of America, they read AV magazine, keep named plants, show plants on the Shows. may be 50 out of them hybridize AVs.

Keep getting more and more obsessed! When your collection will reach 300 - I bet unnamed pink will be long gone.

Irina