My new african violet chimera

Russellaqua · Apr 10, 2010

My wife and I collect african violets and I just added this one today. It's called Yukako, and was hybridized in Japan. It's a chimera, meaning it carries 2 sets of DNA, resulting in the striped flowers you see. The plant is 9" across, which should cost about $25-30, but I got it for $10 from the president of the local african violet club. I know this has nothing to do with R2R but I'm really excited by this plant!

Azurel · Apr 11, 2010

That's really pretty.....I like orcids too, but I don't have much of a green thumb....My wife either. So I let the weeds do there thing cause I can't kill those. Any more pics of the violets you have? Are some of them rare?

Blackhawk Fan · Apr 11, 2010

Those are really cool. I too would like to see your collection. :nerd:

Russellaqua · Apr 11, 2010

Azurel said:
That's really pretty.....I like orcids too, but I don't have much of a green thumb....My wife either. So I let the weeds do there thing cause I can't kill those. Any more pics of the violets you have? Are some of them rare?

Nothing really too rare. Yukako is probably the rarest I have as only 2 sites I know of have it. It came to the US from Japan a couple years ago and originally sold for $500. The person I got it from paid $80 for hers. I have 19 violets now, some of which are NOIDs (no id's.) Here are some:

Kilauea- another chimera

Ozornye volki- russian hybrid

Rebel's Splatter Kake

Chanticleer

Double black cherry

Garnet halo

Optimara EverGrace

Buckeye Rockin' Robin

The collection

nayrgaijin · Apr 11, 2010

Wow that's cool!
I take it you don't get her bouquets anymore? haha

Russellaqua · Apr 11, 2010

Haha, no, no bouquets :-)

ficklefins · Apr 11, 2010

Why not post this in the lounge? I think it is a pretty cool collection

Russellaqua · Apr 11, 2010

In the lounge now. :-)

agent462 · Apr 11, 2010

pretty stuff, my puppy would eat those pronto! The little sucker thinks he is a cow or something.

Lytehouse · Apr 11, 2010

Love African violets

Looking at the one I keep from my grandmothers funeral.

Never seen the hybrids---- very, very nice.

Russellaqua · Apr 11, 2010

There are at least 20000-30000 registered hybrids. No one knows exactly how many there are. Most can be had starting around $6 each for regular hybrids, around $15-20 for starter plants of chimeras.