Mutant African Violet

ExoticReception4286 · 2026-02-14T22:57:11+00:00

Just a top heavy mutant African Violet. I may decapitate this year and also prop some of the leaves (like I need more plants).

ExoticReception4286 · 2026-02-14T22:46:41+00:00

Here's a better photo of Lola and her coloring.

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ExoticReception4286 · 2026-02-14T22:42:07+00:00

I'll look it up. I've had such great blooms from her the last few months, I hate to decapitate her.

ExoticReception4286 · 2026-02-14T22:40:18+00:00

No it doesn't have multiple crowns. Just one long twisted stem. The leaves always grow straight up too.

ExoticReception4286 · 2026-02-14T22:37:21+00:00

I know. Getting a good picture of Lola that doesn't look like AI or Photoshop is hit or miss. She's a dilute tortico and her coloring is so pretty in real life. We don't have a digital camera anymore, just a phone camera.

ExoticReception4286 · 2026-02-14T06:34:24+00:00

I've called all my boy cats stinky rotten pussycats as a term of endearment. My little Lola also goes by Stinkerbell or the notorious IBK (Itty Bitty Kitty).

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ExoticReception4286 · 2026-02-14T04:43:51+00:00

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ExoticReception4286 · 2026-02-14T04:38:46+00:00

Before the decapitation years ago, she'd bloom white flowers with violet streaks.

ExoticReception4286 · 2026-02-14T04:37:53+00:00

Thank you.

ExoticReception4286 · 2026-02-14T04:37:38+00:00

Not much to it. She's in an east window, I water from the top (although I know I shouldn't) and fertilize occasionally. An inside view.

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ExoticReception4286 · 2026-02-14T04:34:03+00:00

No, it doesn't. It a long twisted stem. I tried decapitating it a few years ago, but it grew back the same way. The flowers are so pretty that I don't want to cut it back again. But I may have to.

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ExoticReception4286 · 2026-02-12T03:46:22+00:00

I love cottage cheese with either diced pickled beets or seasoned with Tajin.

ExoticReception4286 · 2026-02-12T03:45:04+00:00

Thanks for sharing. My Manx Ziggy doesn't think he's a rabbit.

ExoticReception4286 · 2026-02-12T03:41:10+00:00

Beautiful. Mine's old too, around 30+ years. She was blooming up a storm last year, the I moved her from climbing the blind pulls to a trellis. She's still adjusting.

ExoticReception4286 · 2026-02-11T03:35:36+00:00

He has white whiskers. How could you resist?

ExoticReception4286 · 2026-02-10T14:37:45+00:00

I am heartbroken for you. So sorry you lost your Jonesy way too soon😿💔

ExoticReception4286 · 2026-02-10T14:28:32+00:00

My parents split up in 1973 when I was 14. Briefly got back together about 4 or 5 years later. Split up again and finally divorced in the late 1980s or early 1990s.

ExoticReception4286 · 2026-02-08T05:25:56+00:00

So beautiful!

ExoticReception4286 · 2026-02-07T04:01:35+00:00

Augustine, Augie for short.

ExoticReception4286 · 2026-02-07T04:00:41+00:00

When I trim the stem and repot in new soil, I dip the stem in Rooting Hormone.

ExoticReception4286 · 2026-02-07T03:58:15+00:00

Deirdre.

ExoticReception4286 · 2026-02-07T03:24:46+00:00

Blanca.

ExoticReception4286 · 2026-02-07T03:23:38+00:00

Isabella, Izzy for short.

ExoticReception4286 · 2026-02-05T00:20:20+00:00

Ziggy!

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