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New Concord & Standard Concord Compared

May 1, 2022 – 1:00 am

The non-registered African violet called New Concord bloom is compared to the standard registered Concord and compared.

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A Variegated Chimera (Part 2)

March 1, 2021 – 1:00 am

Incorrect or unknown wavelengths from an LED source can result in chlorosis.

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Mauna Loa Mutation

April 1, 2020 – 1:00 am

The above image is the of Mauna Loa (Eyerdom)06/23/1998 AVSA Reg # 5336. The flower is a single chimera light rose star with a dark red stripe.  The Foliage is dark green with red on the underside of the leaf. The plant size at maturity is that of a standard African violet size plant.  About 5 years ago I noticed […]

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Party Fun is Back (the chimera African violet that is).

May 1, 2019 – 1:00 am

In conclusion to the post I made in Oct 2018 where I removed from a bag the chimera African violet “Part Fun”, the three plants depicted all doing well. One plant is in bud, one plant has bloomed (above) and the smallest is just growing at this point. The above is the first bloom of […]

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Chimera African Violet Sweet-Which is really Sweet?

August 1, 2018 – 12:01 am

In the propagation of Chimera African violets, a change in leaf color from the parent plant is the first indication the bloom will not be true.

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Shimai Variant? Part 2-Tissue Culture

February 1, 2018 – 12:01 am

Images of the flower stems of a Shimai and a possible variant of Shimai.

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Propagation Of A Chimera African Violet With A Potato? (part 4-Conclusion)

November 1, 2017 – 12:01 am

Conclusion: Propagation Of A Chimera African Violet With A Potato did not work after a four month experimental period.

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Propagation Of A Chimera African Violet With A Potato? (part 3)

October 1, 2017 – 12:01 am

The biggest takeaway so far is if I was to repeat this experiment is to not use any rooting hormone supplement and to have cleaned the potato and the stems in 10% clorox prior to starting this experiment.

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Propagation Of A Chimera African Violet With A Potato?

August 1, 2017 – 12:01 am

Can you actually grow chimera Africa violet flower stems in a potato and produce on that flower stem plantlets of new Chimera African violets? This is the set-up of this experiment.

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Fungi Infestation (Part 2)

June 1, 2017 – 12:00 am

Images of a serious African violet fungal infestation. Addressing African violet fungal infections.

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Sport of Humako Sweet + 29 Images to make 1 image of the Sport

August 1, 2016 – 12:01 am

Change in leaf color of a chimera African violet is indicative of a change in bloom, usually loss of the chimera pattern. Also the image of the sport is the result of 29 images stacked.

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Chimera African Violet -Flower Stem Propagation?

July 1, 2016 – 12:01 am

Although it is possible to produce plantlets from the peduncle of Chimera African violets, I doubt they will be true to parent chimera African violets.

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Chimera’s Gone Wrong

February 1, 2016 – 12:01 am

A collection of 24 chimera African violets that has sported or mutated.

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Granger Sugar Frost-Awakened

January 1, 2016 – 12:01 am

                          As was true about the Fords Pinwheel (last post), a similar situation occurred with my Granger Sugar Frost, except that this plant bloomed constantly and grew nicely for me in the past.   I owned Sugar Frost for 15+ years, and had been propagating and […]

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