African Violet

June 4th, 2007 at 12:25 · Filed Under Flowers and Plants, Gardening, Photography 

African Violet or Sainpaulia is native to Tanzania and adjacent southeastern Kenya in eastern tropical Africa, with a concentration of species in the Nguru mountains of Tanzania. 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). Flowers are not always a solid colour, but can also be found in the “fantasy” variety where the petals have strips of colours going down them.

Saintpaulias can be propagated by leaf cuttings or seed. I will try to propagate some this weekend if I can find some time for it. Here is the Florist Gloxinia which I propagated from leaf cuttings.

This is one of the plant which I bought for my home office. Violet is my favorite flower color.

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