What is Optimara African violets?

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What is Optimara African violets?

Optimara is Earth’s largest grower of African Violets We create new, exciting plants and care products which are trend-setting and truly functional. Our effort is to continue offering customers a unique selection of flowers in a beautiful product line.

Where do you put African violets?

African violets are strictly indoor plants in North America, largely because their leaves need to stay dry. Grow plants in bright, indirect light for the best color and blooms. A plant stand three feet away from a west- or south-facing window is an ideal location.

How many different colors of African violets are there?

Flower color varies from blue to violet, lavender, pink, red-violet, blue-violet, lavender-pink and white. Flowers may be single, double, semi-double, star-shaped, fringed or ruffled. Some varieties produce flowers with two or more rows of petals on one color with the rest fringed in a different color.

How do I identify African violets?

African Violet (Saintpaulia ionantha.) Leaves can be oval to heart-shaped with smooth or ruffled margins. Flowers are borne in single or double clusters, can have five or more petals, may be ruffled around the edges of the petals, and come in different shades and color combinations.

What is the rarest African Violet?

The rarest African Violet species is the Streptocarpus afroviola (Saintpaulia pusilla) that is native to Tanzania. This African Violet was first described in 1900 by Adolf Engler.

Are there Yellow African violets?

That’s what happened to Nolan Blansit, a 40-year-old plant breeder now working in Oberlin, Ohio, who, after years of trial, tribulation, breeding and cross-breeding, finally produced the most sought-after plant in the botanical world: a yellow African violet.

Can you touch African violets?

It may be tempting to touch this plant’s alluringly textured foliage, but African Violets do not like to be touched – at all. So don’t do it! Touching the leaves of an african violet can cause damage, stunted growth, and other adverse effects.

What is the rarest violet?

With all due respect to your international society and its unified cause of common houseplants, the African Violet you admire so much, is in fact, a very rare thing—it is one of the rarest flowers in the world.

Do African violets smell good?

One thing violets are known most for is the fact that they have a lovely scent that seems to go away after just one sniff. That’s because the flowers contain a chemical called ionine which desensitizes the nose and sense of smell temporarily.

Are gloxinia and African violets related?

Gloxinia are similar in appearance to African Violets. False African violet (Streptocarpella) is from East Africa. This plant forms a shrubby, spreading mound to six inches high and two feet wide and performs well in a hanging basket. The fuzzy, fleshy green leaves are 1½ inches long.

What’s new at optimara African violet?

Exclusive New Varieties of OPTIMARA African Violets SHOP ONLINE: Facebook CONNECT: Facebook Newest African Violet Varieties Loyalty(2019) Series: Victorian Charm Pot Size: 4-inch Bloom Type: Double Bloom Color: Pink Leaf Type: Plain, Heart Shaped

Where can I buy African violets online?

Where to Buy African Violets and Plant Care Products To purchase Optimara Violets online, visit the Selective Gardener! We specialize in plant care products made specifically for African Violets. In addition to Optimara Violets and leaf cuttings, the Selective Gardener offers the complete line of Optimara plant care products.

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What are the different colors of optimara plants?

Leaf Color: Dark Green Trademark: Optimara Little Duet(2019) Series: Music Pot Size: 2-inch Bloom Type: Single Bloom Color: White, Lilac-Purple Leaf Type: Plain, Pointed Leaf Color: Medium Green Trademark: Optimara Gorgeous(2018) Series: Looxo, Pot Size: 4-inch Bloom Type: Single Bloom Color: White, Blue