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Rob’s Hallucination
Rob’s Hallucination is a semiminiature fantasy African violet hybridized by Ralph (R.) Robinson. It features semidouble dark-blue sticktite star-shaped flowers with bright pink fantasy markings, combined with dramatic crown variegation in dark green, gold, and tan on pointed foliage with red backs. Characteristic Specific details of Rob’s Hallucination Name Rob’s Hallucination Hybridizer Ralph Robinson (R.…
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Buckeye Seductress
Buckeye Seductress is a large standard African violet hybridized by Pat Hancock and registered with AVSA in 2006 (variety number 9669). It is famous for its double dark-lavender star blooms with a wide white band and a green edge, set against variegated medium-green and cream foliage. Characteristic Specific details of Buckeye Seductress Name Buckeye Seductress…
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Tina’s April Fantasy
Tina’s April Fantasy is a standard African violet hybridized by Tina Elfström (Sweden). It is an extremely distinctive fantasy variety: single to semidouble white pansy-shaped flowers with blue/dark-purple fantasy markings, paired with medium-green foliage that shows scattered red/maroon fantasy specks known as “Elf variegation.” Characteristic Specific details of Tina’s April Fantasy Name Tina’s April Fantasy…
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Jolly Bells
Jolly Bells is a miniature African violet from Hortense Pittman’s Jolly series. It was registered with AVSA in 2011 and produces single white sticktite bell-shaped flowers over a neat rosette of light-green, plain foliage. Characteristic Specific details of Jolly Bells Name Jolly Bells Hybridizer Hortense Pittman (H. Pittman) AVSA registration #10441 Year 2011 (registered November…
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Petite Jewel
Petite Jewel is a variegated micro-miniature African violet hybridized by Hortense Pittman in 1986. It is known for double lavender-blue flowers with a white reverse and a tiny, neatly rounded rosette of creamy-pink variegated foliage. Characteristic Specific details of Petite Jewel Name Petite Jewel Hybridizer Hortense Pittman (H. Pittman) Year 1986 Type Micro-miniature Growth habit…
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Jolly Mel
Jolly Mel is a miniature African violet from Hortense Pittman’s well-known Jolly series. It is registered as AVSA #10458 (2011) and produces single to semidouble dark-purple pansy flowers over crown-variegated foliage in medium green and gold. Characteristic Specific details of Jolly Mel Name Jolly Mel Hybridizer Hortense Pittman (H. Pittman) AVSA registration #10458 Year 2011…
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Mac’s Tiamat
Mac’s Tiamat is a semiminiature African violet hybridized by George McDonald. It produces single medium-pink pansy flowers, sometimes described as single to semidouble, carried on tall dark-red peduncles above exceptionally decorative cream-and-white variegated Clackamas foliage. Characteristic Specific details of Mac’s Tiamat Name Mac’s Tiamat Hybridizer George McDonald (G. McDonald) Year Unknown Type Semiminiature Growth habit…
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Reigning Beauty
Reigning Beauty is a standard African violet hybridized by J. Swift. It produces semidouble red-purple star flowers with darker, ruffled petal edges, above medium-green, plain foliage. Characteristic Specific details of Reigning Beauty Name Reigning Beauty Hybridizer J. Swift Year Unknown Type Standard Growth habit Single-crown standard rosette Flower Semidouble, star-shaped, frilled Flower color Red-purple with…
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Hunter’s Slippery When Wet
Hunter’s Slippery When Wet is a standard African violet hybridized by Ken Muzalewski and registered in 2019. It features double, light-pink frilled pansy flowers with a darker eye and a delicate white-to-green edge, beautifully complemented by variegated medium-green and white serrated foliage. Characteristic Specific details of Hunter’s Slippery When Wet Name Hunter’s Slippery When Wet…
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Carolina Bodacious
Carolina Bodacious is a small trailing African violet known for its clusters of single, clear-pink flowers decorated with violet fantasy speckles. Its naturally multi-crowned habit gradually produces a full, spreading plant rather than a single symmetrical rosette. Characteristic Specific details of Carolina Bodacious Name Carolina Bodacious Hybridizer Unknown; confirm before publishing as a breeder attribution…