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Streptocarpella Blue concord

I received this plant in the spring RR.  All the images of Streptocarpella that I have seen on the web do not have the yellow on the leaves.  Is this mislabelled or a sport??  If the person who put it...

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Columnea ID

I received a cutting of this plant in a previous RR and the baggie was marked as Streptocarpella Blueberries & Cream.  I am pretty sure it is a columnea and not a streptocarplella.  Does anyone...

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No clue...

I've mentioned before that I made a series of mistakes in labeling.  I tracked all things that came in, but two things happened.  First, because of a chronic condition, I'm often sleepless and I work...

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Not So Lunar Lilly White

I purchased a plant of Lunar Lilly White from a well-known vendor as a small starter plant.   I am sure it is not LLW, as it has girl leaves and it has just opened it's first pink blooms.   I did...

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Not Ness' Cherry Smoke...

Here is my current NOID...  It was purchased as a leaf and labeled Ness' Cherry Smoke - (Ness' Cherry Smoke (D. Ness) Semidouble-double white pansy/cherry ruffled edge. Light green, quilted....

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NOID, maybe Rhapsodie Patricia

Garden center NOID.  What do you think, maybe Rhapsodie Patricia?  Just looking at Optimara's pictures, and it looks like Patricia has light leaves, so maybe that isn't what this is.  

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Anthoflores List

I didn't go check out their website, but there is an Anthoflores plant list on Grow Notes. This is mostly a written list with very few pictures. But if you'd like to check it...

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Grammy's Love?

I received leaves in the last fall RR. I have lots of little plantlets now - but I can't find anything about this AV. I'm wondering if I have the name wrong. They haven't bloomed yet and are small -...

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Optimara Everlove chimera

I went to Lowe's yesterday and wandered over to the indoor plant section.  I brought home this Optimara.I went to the myViolet.com website and to me, it looks just like their picture of Everlove...

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Need ID

Can someone take a look at this photo and let me know what this plant is?  I believe it is some type of gesneriad, possibly a type of lipstick plant.  The blooms are a very dark purplish/red and...

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Lady In Red

Does anyone on here grow Lady in Red?  Besides Bonnie that is....Mine is blooming with what I'd call a gorgeous big red STAR. Lyons has this one listed as a pansy. I looked up the picture on their...

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unknown african violet in the 1989 Disney movie Honey I Shrunk the Kids

Do any of you  have a guess as  to what African violet cultivar this is in the 1989 Disney movie Honey I  Shrunk the Kids. Its in the photo from an early scene in the movie.Its in the upper left...

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Garnet Elf, the vintage one or the newer one?

Hi, I recently potted up some garnet elf plantlets from leaf and one of the younger ones bloomed.  When I checked online, it seems like there are two versions, an older 70's one and a newer one.  The...

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Teas Blueberry Butterfly...semidouble-double?

Hello,  These are the first blooms from my teas blueberry butterfly plant. The flowers seem like single, but the description says semidouble-double. Are these the right flowers? The colors seem ok....

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This doesnt look like Ness Fantasy Gold

Hi, I think I may have mislabeled this, or received the wrong plant. This doesnt look at all like Ness Fantasy Gold, any ideas which plant this is? Thanks! Ness' Fantasy Gold (D. Ness)...

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Commercial vendor's selling miniature violets

Hi, I just picked up 2 NOID semi-miniature violets from a local Greenhouse near my hometown. One has double pink blossoms and the other single green edge,frilled blossom. They sell these every Spring....

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