Violets and Mustangs: September 2011

First photos of my Project Plant. I'm planning to take photos of my plant on a monthly basis and post them here and on my facebook album. It's going to be interesting to see how well it grows :)

http://www.optimara.com/optimarafieldguide/varietiesm-z/molokai.html

In isolation for now. As my plants don't tend to grow very well in isolation, and the object of this is to get it to grow the best possible by May, I may not keep it in a container for as long... how well should I trust where it came from? Hmm...

The soil on this is very heavy. I need to repot it into something lighter and will do that soon.

Click on the tag "Project Plant" to see all the blogs about this violet. This is only number 2 so far but it's how to keep track of what's happening. :)

Facebook album

I wanted to have all of the info and photos that I have of Richter's plants all in one place. This is all from Candy's blog. Without Candy's efforts, most of these would be gone forever. I have leaves down, or babies, of each of these but none of mine have grown large enough to bloom.

Richter's Green Dawn
http://violet-obsession.blogspot.com/2010/08/awesome-blossoms.html
Richter's Green Dawn (1138) 08/23/1959 (A. Richter) Double pink/green edge. Ruffled. Standard

Richter's Green Dawn (1138) 08/23/1959 (A. Richter) Double pink/green edge. Ruffled. Standard

http://violet-obsession.blogspot.com/2010/01/time-for-pictures.html

Kaper (Richter) Double rose with ruffled white edge. Light green, serrated, wavy Small standard

Topps (Richter) Single/semi-double medium-light violet blue. Dark, serrated, pointed, wavy Standard

http://violet-obsession.blogspot.com/2008/11/pictures.html

Sherbert (2534) 03/27/1974 (M. Steele/F. Richter) Double lavender two-tone/variable white. Light green, plain. Standard

http://violet-obsession.blogspot.com/2008/11/sherbert-richter-optimara-little-coral.html

Sherbert (2534) 03/27/1974 (M. Steele/F. Richter) Double lavender two-tone/variable white. Light green, plain. Standard

http://violet-obsession.blogspot.com/2008/11/sherbert-blooms.html

Sherbert (2534) 03/27/1974 (M. Steele/F. Richter) Double lavender two-tone/variable white. Light green, plain. Standard

Sherbert (2534) 03/27/1974 (M. Steele/F. Richter) Double lavender two-tone/variable white. Light green, plain. Standard (with flash)

http://violet-obsession.blogspot.com/2008/12/more-richters-bloom-for-first-time.html

Richter's Pearly Shells (1607) 03/30/1966 (F. Richter) Double medium pink. Ovate, quilted. Large

Richter's Charm Song (1137) 08/19/1959 (A. Richter) Double light blue. Ovate. Standard

Softique (1957) 07/09/1969 (A. Richter) Double pale pink. Ovate, quilted, fluted. Standard

(Per Cy, on the AVBrats board, the original Softique plant in the early to mid-70s had light colored foliage (very pale foliage that readily bleached) with absolutely no red undersides. Either Candy's plant has been mislabeled, misidentified or reverted (throwback to a previous generation). The original catalog description was as follows ""Huge baby pink fluffy double. Slightly frilled foliage.")

http://violet-obsession.blogspot.com/2009/08/richters-tipt-in-bloom.html

Tipt (F. Richter) Single large lavender/purple tips. Standard

http://violet-obsession.blogspot.com/2008/10/tipt.html

Tipt (F. Richter) Single large lavender/purple tips. Standard

A note about growing Tipt. It needs to be placed at the center of your lights and maybe a little closer to the lights as well.

http://violet-obsession.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-first-violet.html

Kaper (Richter) Double rose with ruffled white edge. Light green, serrated, wavy Small standard

Kaper Blossom

Topps (Richter) Single/semi-double medium-light violet blue. Dark, serrated, pointed, wavy Standard

http://www.designbycandy.com/personal/av_current_A-M.htm

Kaper (Richter) Double rose with ruffled white edge. Light green, serrated, wavy Small standard

Bon-bon (843) 12/17/1956 (F. Richter) Double pink. Girl foliage. Semiminiature

Here is Candy's (and so mine too, except for Chenille)) current list of Richter violets, as of Oct 2008. Thank you everyone who has shared plants and leaves!!

Bambino (Richter) Double powder blue Plain Semiminiature

Bon-bon (843) 12/17/1956 (F. Richter) Double pink. Girl foliage. Semiminiature

Chenille (92) 11/29/1954 (F. Richter) Single dark purple ruffled. Supreme. Standard

Kaper (Richter) Double rose with ruffled white edge. Light green, serrated, wavy Small standard

Richter's Charm Song (1137) 08/19/1959 (A. Richter) Double light blue. Ovate. Standard
Richter's Green Dawn (1138) 08/23/1959 (A. Richter) Double pink/green edge. Ruffled. Standard

Richter's Pearly Shells (1607) 03/30/1966 (F. Richter) Double medium pink. Ovate, quilted. Large

Sherbert (2534) 03/27/1974 (M. Steele/F. Richter) Double lavender two-tone/variable white. Light green, plain. Standard

Softique (1957) 07/09/1969 (A. Richter) Double pale pink. Ovate, quilted, fluted. Standard

Tipt (F. Richter) Single large lavender/purple tips. Standard

Topps (Richter) Single/semi-double medium-light violet blue. Dark, serrated, pointed, wavy Standard

The following blog is mine. Candy has received leaves of this but I don't know how they're doing at this point. Renee is the reason that Candy sent me leaves of all the plants above.

http://violetsandmustangs.blogspot.com/2011/08/re-introducing-renee-first-bloom.html

Renee (946) 11/16/1957 (A. Richter) Double medium blue. Plain girl foliage. Standard.