Oh, woops yea that was my phone's autocorrect striking again.

So it does look ok? I love the variegation so I'm glad it looks nice :D Thank you!

I'm pretty sure they're suckers. There's no sign of a bud between the two leaves. The pairs of leaves I've been pinching off don't look too much like the buds that are coming up currently. But maybe? I'll have to pay more attention.

I was just a bit worried about how flat the crown is (since most of my other violets have full crowns with the leaves standing up a bit more) and some of the weird angles the leaves are sitting at. Some of the leaves near the bottom have the tips turning brown and sorta "crinkling" off and idk what that's all about.

It is semi-mini, so the bottom leaves can be safely removed - they are at the end of their life. I can see small baby leaves on the bottom - these should be removed earlier.

Usually suckering - means stress - think about - what nice things you can do to your plant to make it less stressed - repot? move it to a bit less light?

It is a very healthy plant... I would like a sucker or 2 from it ;-)).

Irina

It's probably about time that I repot it anyhow- I've had it almost 6 months and haven't done anything with it.

i didn't know those bottom leaves were babies! I'll remove them then. I didn't want to stress it out by taking its leaves.

out of curiosity, what causes the plants to grow long stems that stand up? I thought it was not enough light but my plants have a nice grow light. Is it maybe not enough?

Some plants have leaves that are more apt to stand up than others. I'm in the process of tuning my growing efforts to those plants which do well in my growing conditions. So the plants that keep reaching will ultimately be going ... unless I change my setup.

Generally, reaching leaves signal a need of more light. Your plant looks good ... maybe it could do with a little less light. I would also consider repotting into a slightly "larger" pot.

I really like the colors on the leaves, Artsy. I hope you will post again when your buds become blooms!

It is a semi-mini - you can repot it every 5 months... But do not go over 3" diameter pot, probably 2.5" would be just right. When the plant was young - the leaves were smaller - so now you have a mature plant with correct for the variety size leaves - and the row of smaller leaves from the time it was the baby.

Removing the lower leaves - is good. A small trauma actually stimulates the plant, produces the growth hormone. Removing too many leaves - stress - and loss of production - each leaf is a factory producing materials for the new growth.

Long petioles - leaf stems - are tied to genetics.

Oh ok awesome! I've repotted him into a slightly larger pot (not too big since, like you guys said, it's a semi-mini). Hopefully its happier this time! I'll most definitely share the blooms once they're here! It'll be my first time seeing one of these bloom, actually. The one I had previously died from me not knowing the difference between spring water and soft tap water :P

We all learn by oopsies ;-). No other way...

Thanks for all the advice! I moved him to a bigger pot and he seems MUCH happier. And look! Flowers!

I've never gotten to see a Mac's Scorching Sun. Bloom and in absolutely in love with the flowers! They're just adorable~

Cool!

WOW!!!! I really love that! Very Pretty!!!!! Rosie