African Violet

African Violets
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African Violet Plants
Botanical Name: Saintpaulia hybrids
Dependable bloomers, African violet plants top any list of favorite flowering house plants.

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African Violets - Lighting Light is crucial for African violets to bloom. Without it, plants remain green with leaves slightly cupping upward. Too much light will cause foliage to look droopy and brown along the leaf margins.

African Violets are the most popular blooming houseplant in the world. How this small, tropical wildflower found its way to most windowsills in America makes an interesting tale.

African Violets like a rich soil, an african violet soil which is a special soil mix designed for them and can be purchased in the garden center.

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African violet hybrids come in various sizes from large plants to miniatures of only 2 inches (5.1 cm) tall. Direct sunlight can burn the leaves, so try to keep the light bright yet indirect. Prefer night temperatures between 65 to 70 degrees F (18.

African Violet (Saintpaulia ionantha)
African Violets are tender, herbaceous flowering indoor perennials. They have thick, fuzzy leaves, and when treated right they produce a mound of vibrantly colored flowers.

African Violets are relatively easy to grow. As one of the more popular indoor houseplants, African Violets are long lasting. Their sometimes shy blooms are also long lasting, often lasting for several weeks.

African violets (also known as Saintpaulia) are a family of flowers originally found in Tanzania and Kenya. The plant genus name came from the person who "discovered" the plant and sent seeds from the plant to Germany.

African violets like a great deal of humidity, but not wet leaves and stems.

African Violet, African-Violet, Usambara Violet, Usambara-Violet
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How to Grow African Violets - Saintpaulias
The modern history of the African Violet or saintpaulia began with its discovery towards the end of the last century by the District Governor of Usambara in East Africa.

( African Violet )
These compact, rosetted, evergreen perennials, grown as indoor plants, can be tricky and may require some special attention. Heart-shaped leaves (to 2") are medium green and pubescent. Blooms are delicate and seem quite fragile.

African violet. See Saintpaulia.
Agapanthus. Some splendid specimens have been seen growing in local gardens.
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African Violet
African Violets are one of the most beloved houseplants. they are easy to grow and they adapt very well to home-growing conditions. They will thrive in a an average temperature of 73° during the day and not below 60° at night.

African violet (Saintpaulia species)
Amazon lily (Eucharis grandiflora, Eucharis amazonica)
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African violets grow well given 600 footcandles for 18 hours a day, so tubes 6 inches above them are just right.

African violets thrive indoors, especially when supplemented with artificial grow lighting. African violets can be addictive. Hardcore African violet hobbyists keep hundreds of plants and spend sizeable sums on indoor gardening supplies.

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I received African Violets as a gift in my job. I never flowered until I bought it home. I have it on my window sill which faces North/North East and all of a sudden it flowered like crazy. Acuatlly, it hasen't stopped since. It just keeps flowering.

Related to African violet and enjoys similar conditions. Small, tender basket plant, quickly grows to eight inches tall with a spread of 12 inches across. It branches freely and produces soft, velvety green leaves that are about two inches long.

Over the years, we have found a few of the normally tropical African violet relative, achimenes, that survive in our Zone 7b garden. Achimenes 'Purple King' was the first and still one of the best, shared with us by former PDN staffer James Proctor.

The inert quality of these additions makes any of them especially good for pitcher plants or orchids, as opposed to ferns or African violets which also require a rich soil.

Streptocarpus sp. is related to African Violets and Gloxinias. They are easy to grow and require the same conditions as African Violets. Streptocarpus is native to Africa, Madagascar, and Asia.
Blooming Time: They will bloom intermittently all year.

Sinningia (syn. Gloxinia), Saintpaulia (African violet), Peperomia: Cut the leaves with the stalk intact from the parent plant. Using pots, insert with the base of each leaf just touching the surface and treat as for part-leaf cuttings.

Gloxinia are relatives to African violets and prefer similar growing conditions.

Flowers are blue to violet in color and reminiscent of the related African Violet.
Sow on top of a peaty soil in early spring, do not cover seeds, keep pots moist from beneath and in partial shade.

A water soluble liquid fertilize with micronutrients and is perfect to maximize flower count, size and bright color on standard African Violet varieties. Use 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon per gallon.

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Rehmannia elata (Chinese Foxglove)
Saintpaulia ionantha (African violet)
Sinningia speciosa (Brazilian Gloxinia)
Streptocarpus 'Constant Nymph'
Streptocarpus nobilis
Streptocarpus saxorum
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The ovary is positioned superior and consists of 3 united carpels (syncarpous) forming a single chamber. It matures as an explosive 3-valved capsule. Worldwide, there are 16 genera and 850 species. Note that the African violet is not a member of ...

Some of the indoor plants such as African Violets are grown this way. Some hardy plants can also be grown from leaf cuttings.
Leaf Vein Cuttings. This is the normal method of propagating Begonia Rex and a few other plants
Leaf Bud Cuttings.

See also: Violet, Green, May, Lady, Tomato