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Identify the violet 6

We are going to start off with a series of photos of violets that Violet has with no identification.  See if you can identify them and perhaps a consensus will figure their names out!

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i'm with Nancy. It's Carnation Sprinkles. Fred in NJ

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I had no idea but it's a stunner. I just checked FC2 and it seems most like Carnation Sprinkles. I just went through all my plants (the heat is running so much that they are drying out constantly) and...

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Am I off a little in the little grey matter in my head?  My experience is that when you get LLG (Lyndon Lyon Greenhouses) hybrids, the hybrids are somewhat smaller, but foliage is very nice.  Yet when...

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What plants did you have in mind, Nancy? I guess I've been lumping them all together. I did a FC2 search but only found Pixie Blue, which Lyndon Lyon said was unstable, and I had mom's old coral that...

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Nancy - Flirtation and Sprinkles do look much like Violet's flower.  It is quite nice with the white center and I think you are good at this .Violet - what do you think since you have the plant in...

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Could this be Playful Spectrum?   It kind of looks like the 2nd picture in First Class.Anita

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Well... it's actually a real noid, which is to say I bought it at Lowes 3 years ago and the only label it has was a sticker that said "grown in Canada". I THINK all grocery store noids that comes from...

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as a side note:the noid picture I put up for VOM is this same plant in it's winter guise!Violet

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It is not possible to be a chimera and anthoflores is it?  Violet, are you surmising that it is an anthoflores?

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Yes, I suspect it's an Anthoflores.  I purchased it at Lowe's and it had a sticker that said "Grown in Canada".  It might have said "Angel Plants" too.  I read somewhere that Harster's greenhouse is...

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Violet,Does it bloom true from leaves?  If it were a chimera it wouldn't.  Either way it's the best Noid I've seen.

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I suppose chimeras have to come from somewhere, no? Paula asked a very good question. I was wondering how in the heck you managed to get Carnation Sprinkles as a noid :). I haven't seen many...

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Paula, I've never let the babies grow to blooming, I threw them out when I had the mite thing, not that it was infected because it was in another room but I ran out of steam dipping so there were a...

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I sure wouldn't mind trying a leaf of this one to see what it would do in my growing conditions.  It certainly is pretty!Anita

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Violet, Here's the description from FC2....Optimara Surprise (8976) 01/31/2001 (Holtkamp) Single pink frilled sticktite/purple fantasy. Medium green, plain, glossy, hairy. Standard It doesn't say...

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Not to belabor this, but I was surprised by how many violets were named Surprise :). I had a leaf marked that and thought perhaps it had been sent as a free one. No....I guess I ordered Surprise! I...

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I know we thought we were done with this one, but look at Lyndon Lyon 's website for - Star Wars, Russian Variety - Standard ChimeraViolet - you need to set a leaf or two, and see what flowers babies...

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Jan, how in the world did you find it? It looks just like my plant and even the description "Each flower is different than the rest" strikes a chord.  Although I doubt if a named Russian Chimera would...

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Princess K'Rei   [Pronounced: Kay-Ray] We think this one is a breakthrough to the violet world! A combination of a chimera and a thumbprint, as special and unique as the little girl it's named after,...

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Harmony's Little Stinker is so different (and expensive)!  Wow look at the leaf chimera, it reminds me of Pothos plant for some reason, and the blooms are cute too.  Very nice.Yukako is another one...

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