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AFRICAN VIOLETS
OTHER GESNERIA |
Chirita
Chiritas
produce thick leaves in a flat rosette, and bear trumpet-like blooms above on
upright stems. Culture is same as for violets, but they can be more
tolerant of neglect. Shown at left: Chirita brassacoides 'Marble Leaf', Bill Price's Best in Show entry at 2006 Gesneriad Convention Show Price: $5.00 each unless noted otherwise
Special Offer: 3
different Chirita,
seller's choice $12* Click' highlighted names to view larger pictures Aiko. We think this is the most attractive and easy grower for home or for show. Bright yellow blooms over quilted, medium green, foliage. Compact grower and an excellent bloomer. $5.00 Betty. Very striking, beautiful, silver foliage banded in green. Lavender blooms. Easy grower and likely the prettiest colored foliage of all. $5.00 brassacoides 'Marble Leaf'. A relatively new plant with lovely round, serrated, leaves with silver-green center and light lavender-purple blooms with cream throat. $8.00 See photo above. Diane Marie. The prettiest of them all. Medium violet-purple blooms over exquisite, heavily notched leaves mottled silver. Compact. $5.00 Limited supply of small/young plants available. Kazu. An excellent hybrid that's very underappreciated. Lots and lots of medium lavender-purple blooms w/cream throat. Thin, hairy, quilted leaves. A very easy grower and bloomer, and a bit different, too. $5.00
linearifolia. One of our very favorites. It makes a spectacular, yet elegant, plant when mature. "Umbrellas" of long, thin, leaves are produces about the larger, main plant. $8.00 See photo at left. Little Dragon. Perhaps our favorite. A wonderful little plant with thick, deep green, pointed foliage that grows in a perfect rosette of about 6" in diameter. Adorable little blooms of very pale lavender produced easily. When mature, will produce stolons, at ends of which are borne another plant! A newer, still scarce, hybrid. $6.00 Small plants available.
Periwinkle. Large, lavender blooms with dark orange-yellow upper throat, and dark yellow veining on lighter lavender lower throat. Pointed, serrated, quilted leaves. Very easy grower and bloomer. $5.00 Rachel. One of the most cutest and most sought-after. Small, slender, pointed leaves with white center stripe. Small, lavender blooms. Small. New! $8.00 Silver Surfer. Lavender-blue blooms over pointed, green leaves veined in silver. Compact grower, great bloomer. Very easy grower, it's recommended. $5.00 Stardust. Lavender blooms are veined darker purple throughout and with two bright yellow stripes on lower throat. Heavily veined silver, serrated, foliage. Easy grower and dependable bloomer. $5.00
sp. 'Viet Nam'. (usbrg #98-083) Another species very new to cultivation, this is another of our very favorites. Long, narrow, pointed leaves have soft, velvet-like texture. Foliage forms a perfect rosette and produces lots of graceful stolons, at the end of which appear more plants! Round, pansy blooms are produced only one to a stem, but are a lovely shade of deep medium lavender-blue and have a clear, yellow throat. $5.00 Vertigo. Lovely dark green, glossy leaves with light green marbling that form a nice, flat rosette. White-backed blooms are large, light lavender blue with some yellow on white throats. Good bloomer. $7.00 "COLLECTOR'S TREASURE" All plants listed here are in limited supply, and are sold only on an "if available" basis. We do not propagate them on a regular basis, so they may, or may not, be available when you order. Please list substitutes, or be prepared to receive your order without the requested variety, if it becomes unavailable. hotei. Bright yellow blooms produced easily above narrow, medium green, foliage. Compact grower. $5.00 Jade Moon. Darling lavender-blue blooms of good size, considering the plant is quite small. Nice, pointed, succulent, medium green leaves that grow perfectly in small rosette of 6-8". One of the nicer ones. New! $7.00
Naine Argente. Lavender blooms. Wonderful, very colorful, medium green leaves with very prominent silver veining. Medium to large grower. $5.00 Nimbus. Quilted, ovate green leaves, overlayed with prominent silver center and veins. Lavender blooms. $5.00 Piccolo. Medium green leaves with darker green edge. Lavender blooms. Compact grower. $7.00 sinensis 'Silver'. Ovate, shiny silver leaves with green veining. Lavender blooms. Very striking foliage. $5.00 Souvenir. Quilted leaves with slightly silver, light green centers, bordered in medium green. Lavender blooms. $7.00 spadiciformus. 'Spade' like flower bracts spread like wings. Light lavender blooms with large, white-yellow throat. $5.00 Price: $5.00 each unless noted otherwise
Special Offer: 3
different Chirita,
seller's choice $12* |
A
genus of about 150 species, these
gesneriads are relatively new to hobbyists, most in cultivation for less than 20
years. Because of their forgiving temperament, growth habit, and
blooming, they have very quickly become very popular among hobbyists world-wide.
Almost every collector of African violets now grows at least one
