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	Saintpaulia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		They range in flower colour from white, pink, violet, yellow, and some even green, and the flowers may be either single (five petals) or double (more than five, with some or all of the stamens converted into extra petals).
		One interesting flower form found in the African Violet are known as a "wasp"; these flowers have the upper two flower petals independently fused forming a tube.
		African violets prefer a constant temperature between 20-25°C with high humidity, and thrive best planted in well-drained humus or coir compost.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/African_violet (583 words)

	African Violet
		African violets are gesneriads with such illustrious relatives as gloxinia, streptocarpus and achimenes.
		African violets need good drainage and shouldn't sit in water more than a half hour.
		African violets are easily propagated from leaf cuttings.
	www.bachmans.com /retail/tipsheets/indoor_plants/africanviolets.cfm (1004 words)

	African Violet Production Guide
		African violets are hairy herbs from the Gesneriaceae plant family discovered in Tanga, East Africa, growing at elevations of 100 feet or higher.
		African violets have always been very popular with consumers and today are still near the top of the list when number of flowering plants sold yearly is considered.
		African violets are well suited to production in artificial potting media composed primarily of peat moss mixed with vermiculite, pine bark, perlite or styrofoam beads.
	mrec.ifas.ufl.edu /Foliage/folnotes/africanv.htm (2572 words)

	African Violets
		African Violets were originally discovered in 1892 in two separate locations of northeast Tanga in Eastern Africa by Baron Walter von Saint Paul, then governor of German East Africa.
		African Violets are usually incompatible with other greenhouse crops because of their environmental requirements.
		African Violets can be propagated from seed, but only a few cultivars are currently available that will come true from seed.
	www.ag.auburn.edu /landscape/African_Violets.htm (4563 words)

	African Violet Growing Tips
		African Violets are the favorite blooming houseplant and the easiest to grow.
		Violets must have 10 to 14 (16 is max) hours of bright light per day (no direct sun).
		Using distilled water all the time is not good either because it deprives the violet of trace minerals which would ordinarily be present in the water.
	www.african-violets.com /tips.htm (890 words)

	African Violet - Plant of the Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The African violet (Saintpaulia ionantha) is a member of the tropical Gesneriad family and is related to such plants as gloxinia and streptocarpus.
		The African violet was discovered in 1892 by Baron Walter Von Saint Paul about an hour from Tanga on the modern day border of Tanzania and Kenya.
		African violets are easy to grow if all of the rules are followed.
	www.arhomeandgarden.org /plantoftheweek/articles/African_Violet.htm (499 words)

	False African violet
		The false African violet is a member of the true African violet family and is native to east Africa.
		False violets thrive in 20 to 40 percent humidity and should be fertilized every month with a half-strength solution of an all-purpose soluble fertilizer.
		False African violets are commonly propagated by stem cuttings.
	www.ext.colostate.edu /ptlk/1341.html (301 words)

	Caring for African Violets
		Most violets are now grown in a pasteurized soilless mix--a good soilless mix is made up of 3 parts sphagnum peat moss, 2 parts vermiculite and 1 part perlite, with some lime added to balance the acidity of the peat moss.
		Ideal temperatures for African violets are about 60 degrees F at night and up to 80 to 85 degrees F during the day.
		African violets infested with root-knot nematodes are stunted and weakened.
	www.uri.edu /ce/factsheets/sheets/africanviolet.html (1709 words)

	African Violet Brat Pack Forum
		They are available in sizes ranging from 2 1/8" - 6" from many african violet supply vendors and in even larger sizes from other nurseries and garden shops.
		The plant is in the slitted inner pot with a layer of perlite at the bottom and a potting mix of at least 50% perlite.
		The smaller sizes of Bemis planters, used for african violets, are being discontinued by the manufacturer.
	www.african-violet-brats.com /lessons/pots.htm (503 words)

	African Violet Chimeras
		African violets which have bicolor flowers with a banded arrangement of the colors are termed "pinwheel flowering".
		The pinwheel-flowering African violet cultivar 'Valencia' is characterized by corolla segments with methyl violet margins and a white center stripe.
		During the course of experiments designed to separate the component genotypes of several cultivars of pin-wheel flowering African violets, it was noted that some plants produced from inflorescence explants produced pinwheeling flowering plants (2).
	aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu /tisscult/chimeras/Valprop/Val.html (1273 words)

	Optimara: Caring for African Violets
		While African Violets will tolerate direct sunlight very early or very late in the day, they should, in all other cases, be shielded from direct sunlight.
		While not all African Violets are sensitive to this condition, those that are will develop leaves which are distinctly lighter on those areas directly exposed to the light.
		Once an African Violet begins to show symptoms of exposure, it is often too late, especially since it may take up to 36 hours for symptoms to appear.
	www.optimara.com /africanvioletcare1.html (2742 words)

	Macquarie Valley Violets - About the African Violet
		African violets are low, compact plants with attractive dark green, thick, hairy leaves.
		African violets were first discovered in 1892 in the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania.
		Here the similarity ends because the African Violet, or as it is known botanically, Santapaulia (named after its finder), belongs to the Gesneriaceae family of plants.
	www.valleyviolets.com /TheViolet.htm (202 words)

	African Violet
		Overall, tree densities in the canopy were higher in African violet plots (326 trees/acre) compared to the rest of the forest (255 trees/acre).
		Densities in the understory were essentially similar in the African violet plots and the rest of the forest, with approximately 2874 trees,saplings and seedlings/acre.
		While most of the African violet populations in Mbololo are currently not under any eminent threat, some of the populations close to the forest boundary are at a higher risk of destruction due to human encroachment.
	www.easternarc.org /html/avreport.html (1676 words)

	African violet
		African violets are a favorite flowering house plant.
		To grow African violets, you must provide the proper amount of light, otherwise the leaf blades will become thin, and the stalks elongated.
		Night-time temperatures for African violets should be between 65 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, and day-time temperatures should be between 75 to 85 degrees.
	www.ext.colostate.edu /ptlk/1301.html (417 words)

	African Violet Facts
		For the stubborn African Violet, one that just won't bloom, provide a blossom-booster-type plant food and place the non-bloomer under fluorescent gro-lights (as close as 3- to 4-inches), 14-16 hrs/day, for 21 days.
		Prepared potting mixes for African Violet are a good investment if you are planning to start and grow your own plants.
		To suppress the mealy bug problem, African Violets can be rinsed with tepid water if excess water droplets are shaken from the leaves immediately after rinsing.
	www.violetcollection.com /AfricanVioletFacts.htm (1122 words)

	Optimara: Caring for African Violets
		At the very least, an African Violet should be repotted whenever the plant becomes rootbound, i.e., the Violet has outgrown its current pot to the extent that its roots are growing out and around the rootball.
		Generally, if an African Violet is planted in the correct size pot, the diameter of its leaves will be about three times the diameter of the pot.
		For African Violets, the pH should be between 5.8 and 6.2.
	www.optimara.com /africanvioletcare3.html (2585 words)

	African Violet Care (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		African violets are more dependent on regular care than most other house plants.
		African violets need a regular supply of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, iron, manganese, and zinc.
		A liquid, African violet fertilizer (1-2-1 ratio) is easy to use and specially packaged.
	www.ext.vt.edu /departments/envirohort/factsheets2/indoor/jan92pr4.html (498 words)

	WNC: Greenhouse
		Keep in mind that, in its warm and lush native habitat, the African violet is mainly a ground covering protected from rainfall by the overhead leaves of other plants.
		Some aficionados water their African violets using the wicking process, with an acrylic wick attached to the soil on one end and to a source of water on the other end.
		The flowering hormone in the African violet does not activate the blooming process until the plant is in the dark.
	www.cathedral.org /cathedral/shop/africanviolet.shtml (875 words)

	African Violet
		African violets are very susceptible to crown and root rots.
		The best temperatures for growing African violets are 65 to 70 °F at night and up to 80 to 85 °F during the day.
		African violets are highly subject to root and crown rot if they are overwatered.
	hgic.clemson.edu /factsheets/HGIC1550.htm (706 words)

	Violets, African: African Violets
		I bought a plain white violet about four months ago and it is sitting in the window with the pink one and the six other purple ones and all but one of them are in bloom.
		Optimara violets are grown by a huge commercial grower in Nashville, Tenn. It was started by the Holtkamp family when they were in Germany.
		They are the biggest (or at least one of the biggest) commercial violet hybridizers and growers in the nation.
	en.allexperts.com /q/Violets-African-742/African-Violets.htm (814 words)

	The Violet Showcase
		With their wide array of decorator colors they are ideally suited to African violets, but you can also use them for other plants.
		It is perfect for getting down into the center of a violet to cut out those suckers you’ve been waiting and waiting to remove from your violet so that they can be started rooting.
		We are replacing it with Miracle-Gro Liquid African Violet Plant Food shown on the left in the photo.
	www.violetshowcase.com (4440 words)

	African Violet Care
		These links will probably be scattered through the care for African Violets pages, so there is also a page solely for links here.
		According to Melvin J. Robey in his book "African Violets Gifts From Nature" it "is known to have an influence on disease resistance, cool temperature tolerance, nutrient uptake, insect resistance and water loss reduction due to transpiration".
		We have in the past used Peter's African Violet fertilizer which is 12-36-14.
	www.geocities.com /fantasyvioleteers/avcare.html (2400 words)

	Armstrong Garden Centers - African Violet
		African Violets made their way to Europe through the courtesy of Baron Adalbert Emil Walter Redcliffe le Tanneux von Saint Paul-Illaire.
		African Violets are botanically related to the Gloxinia and both have been placed in the family Gesneriaceae.
		African Violets grow in very humid tropical rain forests and thrive in rocky crags with very little soil.
	www.armstronggarden.com /caresheets/caresheet_african_violet.html (779 words)

	African Violet Slings - unique, beautiful, beaded baby carriers
		African Violet baby slings are the most fashionable baby carriers around.
		African Violet slings are created using beautiful fabric and have a unique beaded fringe on the tail.
		Versatility - All African Violet slings can be worn over the left or right shoulder, and can be used to carry any baby - from newborn to toddler - in a variety of carrying positions.
	www.africanvioletslings.com (345 words)

	DAVE SCHMIDT'S FREE AFRICAN VIOLET SALES LISTINGS
		When I repot a violet I wad up the paper toss it in the trash in front of me. I then use a squirt of antibacterial soap on my hands, the kind that doesn't require water and I keep a small spray bottle of alcohol for my tools.
		Heart of Jacksonville African Violet Society meetings are held the 3rd Sunday of every month, September through May,Violet 101 at 1:30, meeting starts at 2:00 pm.
		The Palmetto African Violet Society is having their meeting Saturday, at 1 pm November 18, in the Chapin Memorial Library, 400 14th Avenue North.
	www.bright.net /~daveschmidt/violet/violet.htm (1692 words)

	Potting an African violet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		You can buy special African violet soil, which is perfect.
		Mix the potting soil with peat moss and vermiculite or perlite, as follows: 1/3/ potting soil, 1/3 peat moss, 1/3 vermiculite or perlite.
		However, there are also great liquid plant foods out there, even some specifically blended for African violets.
	www.theplantexpert.com /africanviolets/Potting1.html (220 words)

	American Plant Food Co. - African Violet Care
		The African violet is not only a beautiful house plant, but it is one that will take up minimum space, bloom several times a year and requires relatively low light.
		African violets grow best when provided with indirect sunlight.
		African violets grow best when the relative humidity is from 50-60 percent.
	www.americanplantfood.com /Pages/PlantCareInfo/AfricanViolet.html (288 words)

	african violet care (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		African violets are the most popular flowering houseplant.
		There are hundreds of varieties of African violets varying in plant size and flower color.
		Watering methods for African violets are a real source of controversy.
	www.ext.nodak.edu /county/cass/horticulture/inform/indoor/violet.htm (376 words)

	Hybridizing African Violets
		With the growing interest in learning how to hybridize African violets, Lakes Area Violet Growers has contacted Dr. Jeffrey L. Smith for permission to use his article on African Violet Genetics.
		Smith is a leading expert on African violets.
		Smith has authored a chapter on hybridizing African violets that has been printed by Timber Press in the book "Breeding Ornamental Plants".
	www.rosebudm.com /lavg/lavg_hybridizing_african_violets.htm (437 words)

	African Violet Society of Canada - Home
		You can learn the location of the nearest local African violet society affiliated with AVSC on the Local Affiliates page and find both their and our upcoming shows, judging schools and other events under Coming Events.
		African violets have many attractive relatives which our members also grow.
		Lakeshore African Violet Society of Toronto is making great headway in planning the National Con-vention and Show of AVSC which will be held in Mississauga, ON, October 10-14, 2007.
	www.avsc.ca (488 words)

	Violet Oil, African Violet Oil and more Violets - True Scents Dept. - essence oil diffuser, incense and skin ...
		African Violet - one of natures' royal treasures...
		Violets, found the world over, send forth a uniquely beautiful fragrance which assists in relieving nervous exhaustion, headaches, insomnia, rheumatism, dizziness; enhances blood circulation.
		Be filled with the fragrance and healing properties of violets in the form of essence violet oil and incense which "True Scents" offers in service.
	www.nmcnews.org /lotus/violet.html (285 words)

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