Wow, never heard of that... Thank you!

http://www.steverd.com/violets/leaves/leaf-id.htm look on this Link Amnaa. Velleta

I can see it, just don't know what is causing it! Rosie

I would chuck it. Just to avoid the the nightmares of what if? With good culture the INSV is not that evident - and the plant fights it - but it is not curable and it is contagious.

I wouldn't risk it spreading to the whole collection.

Hm, I'm starting to lean more and more towards the birthmarking reason. The more I've read and seen, the coloring looks different. There sure are lots of symptoms and even silent viruses. This plant did not suddenly develop the coloring and it's not getting "worse" with new growing leaves.

Ditto to what Irina says … lose one plant, or risk your entire collection?

It really doesn't look like it to me, but I don't have experience with it... Just going off of stuff I've read.

http://violetvoice.yuku.com/topic/1393/INSV-PICTURES-AND-INFORMATION

It is not a birth marking. It is some kind of damage. Birth marking is a variable amount of a a red-purple pigment anthocyanin in leaves - so if you have light leaves and dark flowers - or flowers with blue fantasy - it is present in the blossoms - but low in the leaves. If the plant starts sporting - leaves get variable reddish blotches - and usually it not good - the next thing - flowers go haywire... Not contagious though.

For whatever reason you have areas with variable amount of the green pigment chlorophyll - the one that is used in production of organic plant material. Depending on the light and available fertilizer - it can go pale or dark - but not in blotches. Abnormal.

There is a remote possibility that it is hard water. But usually it is not only one plant affected if it is hard water.

If it is a virus - and it is a strong mature plant - it will hold its own unless you stress it, but with time it will get worse. Plus - there is more than one virus - there are probably hundreds of them - may be this one is not as vicious as INSV.

You can isolate it - and see where it goes - but I do not see the point. There so many AVs... and 99% of them are healthy. The thing that always gets affected by virus - blossoms. Uneven shape and coloration.

Does anyone have reference photos for affected blossoms? I've just often wondered how to tell.

I think it looks fine but if in doubt, take it to your local county agricultural extension office and you can get it tested for virus for free. Some may charge but if they do it's not much. Or simply order your own test kit. Per test strip is only a few dollars. Or as Irina said you can chuck it. But blotches, birthmarks, and other variations in leaves aren't that weird and can be caused by many things.

Hi!

Just popping in to show the plant today :)

The spots are still showing up on young leaves and disappear as the leaf ages. The lighter coloration also becomes more prominent when placed in a cooler room for some reason.

Whatever it is - it is not INSV. Sick plants do not bloom that well. Hard water?

We do have hard water where I live but this would be the only plant that suffers from it. I have 7 other mature violets and they all look fine.

This is the AV just before it started blooming.

Almost all of my plants are from Lowe's or Home Depot, and almost all of them had leaf damage when I bought them. Fast forward a couple years and they're blooming etc. You can always take a minute to think about how leaf damage could have happened and then there's not as much cause for worry. :o) I.e. when I bought mine, it was easy to tell it was human-caused/shipping/storage damage.

Your plant looks fine to me--it looks like it might be something environmental or even nutrient related. Sometimes certain violets are bothered by something that won't bother other AVs. Usually, if there's consistent symmetry in the plant, it's something treatable. Unhappy plants tend to be lopsided/deformed plants. And as Irina said, a sick plant wouldn't bloom like that.

Those leaves look so nice, I would have a hard time saying there is something seriously wrong with them. Some of my plants seem to react to lots of light that way.

My artificial lights are set up for the optimum amount of full spectrum light. Yet, some few of my plants, while otherwise healthy and blooming like crazy exhibit a similar coloration pattern. Intolerance to light I call it.

These are our green children and we are subconsciously, constantly, on the prowl for problems. Sometimes these variations in color are warning signals and sometimes they're just normal.

I might would isolate it for a bit just in case it takes a turn for the worse. It sure looks healthy though. I damn sure wouldn't throw it out for that though.

Pretty plant. I'm sure I've seen similar coloration fluctuations on some of my plants.