Genus: Saintpaulia

Hi Taffy...get some Schultz's Instant African Violet food and she will be blooming prolifically!!

i do water them by placing them in a dish of water but i dont fertilize them to often.

no no anyone can put input into my plants im not afraid to take advice from well seasoned gardeners:)

I love getting a plant like this and reviving it. This one also looks like it needs to be repotted and fertilized. I would take a lot of the bottom leaves off. Hope you dont mind my input on your plants. You have a nice collection. One of my favorite things to do is to by half dead plants on a mark down table, bring it home and then bring it back to life.

Do you give your violets plant food ? From the color of the leaves it looks like it could use fertilizer. Do you water them by placing them in a dish filled with warm water ?

Hope it does well.

Thanks! I have no idea what variety it is, just loved the look of it wwhen it was at the grocers & we've gotten along since, lol!

Only about eight months, this is second round of blooms.

I love this violet. Looks happy as can be. Big round scalloped leaves. Not at all the violet I expect from the flowers. Wonderful.

Fantastic! How old is this one? I love double bloom and if it is like mine, it'll just keep getting bigger.

Insane? that sound ingenious to me!

I will have to look for an episcia as it sounds very beautiful!Did you get yours from a greenhouse? I had to use an aquarium on my violets when Chia was a kitten as she would NOT leave the poor things alone, and they also enjoyed light and security. Now I have them on a bathroom shower caddy pole as it makes more room in my small southern window; my kids think I am insane... they could be right, lol!

Have you ever tried growing gloxinias? or episcias? they are from the same family...episcia is called flame violet...it has lovely trumpet flowers in a wonderful rich red/orange...the plant tends to trail and the leaves are as beautiful as the flowers...they are hairy like the st paulia but longer with a bronze colour pattern on the uppersurface, light green underneath...
Put it on a plant stand in bright filtered light and it will put on a show.
Called flame violet..or episcia 'chocolate soldier'.
This violet is a wonderful colour...I have a number of the miniatures...if you can find them give them a try... I put mine in a small aquarium and they bloom their little hearts out.

Fab Close up Grammazoo :)

Beautiful ! This photo reminds me of my mother as she was very fond of African Violets. They did very well for her and she had them in every window of her house.