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Pink & White NOID
This is a NOID (no identification) African violet of standard type. It has single pansy-type blooms in a soft pink and white blend—usually pink toward the lower petals and white toward the upper petals—with bright yellow anthers. The plant forms a compact rosette of medium to dark green, plain, slightly quilted leaves. Characteristic Detail Name…
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Blue NOID African Violet
This is a NOID (no identification) African violet purchased at a nursery in Vancouver. It is a very common, standard-type plant with single medium-purple to violet flowers and dark-green foliage, typical of mass-market African violets. Characteristic Detail Name Blue NOID African Violet (nursery plant, Vancouver) Hybridizer Unknown Type Standard Notes Common commercial variety; sold unlabeled…
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EK-Strawberry Cake (EK-Клубничный Торт)
EK-Strawberry Cake is a standard African violet hybridized by E. Korshunova (Ukraine) in 2016. It produces very large (about 6 cm), densely double, fringed white flowers marked with strawberry-pink “thumbprint” spots on the petals, above a show-quality rosette of rich, dark-green foliage. Characteristic Specific details of EK-Strawberry Cake Name EK-Strawberry Cake (EK-Клубничный Торт / EK-Klubnichny…
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NOID – Mini Pink Star
NOID Mini Pink Star is an unidentified miniature African violet in the collection. It produces abundant single, star-shaped flowers in bright medium pink with pointed petals and prominent yellow stamens, blooming heavily in clusters above dark, near-black-green foliage. Characteristic Specific details of NOID Mini Pink Star Name NOID (No ID) — Mini Pink Star Hybridizer…
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NOID –Semi-Double Mini Lavender-Blue
NOID Mini Lavender-Blue is an unidentified miniature African violet in the collection. It produces semidouble to double star-shaped flowers in soft lavender-blue, with slightly ruffled petal edges and a pale, almost white throat surrounding golden-yellow stamens. The foliage is dark green, plain, and glossy, giving a strong contrast against the pale blooms. Characteristic Specific details…
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NOID – Mini Double Pink
NOID Mini Double Pink is an unidentified miniature African violet in the collection. It produces full double, ruffled star-shaped flowers in soft to medium pink, with a paler, almost white throat surrounding bright yellow stamens and faint darker pink veining radiating from the center. The foliage is medium-to-dark green, plain, ovate, and glossy with a…
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Rob’s Boolaroo
Rob’s Boolaroo is a semiminiature trailing African violet hybridized by Ralph Robinson (The Violet Barn) and registered with AVSA on March 5, 1994 (#8053). It produces semidouble, light pink sticktite pansy flowers accented with bright blue fantasy markings, above medium-green, quilted foliage. Characteristic Specific details of Rob’s Boolaroo Name Rob’s Boolaroo Hybridizer Ralph Robinson (R.…
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Cajun’s Fair Maiden
Cajun’s Fair Maiden is a variegated standard African violet hybridized by Belinda Thibodeaux and registered with AVSA on December 7, 2013 (#10636, DAVS 1784). It produces semidouble to double pink frilled pansy flowers with a darker eye and a variable, thin raspberry sparkle edge, above heart-shaped, quilted foliage variegated in dark green, cream, and pink.…
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N-Aurora
N-Avrora (Н-Аврора) is a miniature African violet hybridized by Nadezhda Berdnikova, registered with AVSA on March 30, 2019 (#11174). It produces semidouble to double, fluted star-shaped flowers in white and rose-pink, held above a rosette of variegated medium-green, white, and cream foliage. Characteristic Specific details of N-Avrora Name N-Avrora (Н-Аврора) — also seen transliterated as…
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Midget Lilian
Midget Lilian is a miniature African violet hybridized by E. Champion. It produces single pink flowers over a compact rosette of plain foliage with true mosaic-type variegation, appearing as scattered light yellow-to-white spots and streaks that intensify as the leaves mature. Characteristic Specific details of Midget Lilian Name Midget Lilian Hybridizer E. Champion Year Unknown…