Lucky Me - first post in a few years?

I know it's been a long time since I've posted here but I've had a lot of stuff going on and I lost most of my plants as a result.  I'm getting back into the swing of things and Lucky Me is one of the plants that I've found again for my collection.  If I could only grow 10 plants or less, this would be on that list. Lucky Me is one of the most gorgeous violets, in my opinion. I'll be putting a couple leaves down this afternoon to ensure that I don't lose it because it's one of the extremely rare ones. I hope to grow this one for the rest of my days. <3

Lucky Me (6298) 06/30/1986 (J. Domiano) Double orchid/darker mottling, variable purple edge. Light green, plain, glossy. Large (DAVS 942)

 

French Lilac and Lucky Me

French Lilac

Nov 1, 2011

 Nov 9, 2011

Nov 9, 2011

Lucky Me - If this one weren't missing leaves due to a cat encounter, it might be holding its flower stalks up better.  This is one gorgeous violet!  

Nortex's Starlet Haven and Lucky Me

Nortex's Starlet Haven (4810) 05/05/1982 (Nortex/B. Johnson) Double purple star/white frilled edge. Pointed, quilted. Standard (TX Hyb)

I think this is the first photo that I've gotten of the blossom fully open as I seem to be having some kind of culture trouble with the plant.  The blossoms either open with the inside withered or they fall over quickly.  I think this one needs more humidity?  Even though I've had troubles, every single blossom is definitely showing the "double" that the official description shows in FC2.  

Lucky Me (6298) 06/30/1986 (J. Domiano) Double orchid/darker mottling, variable purple edge. Light green, plain, glossy. Large (DAVS 942)

I've posted photos of this plant before but this is the first time it's bloomed so heavily in awhile.  The plant has had some conflicts with my youngest cat (she's knocked the plant off the shelf a couple of times) and so the leaves are in poor shape and it's very lopsided but I love the blossoms SO much!  Jeanette Domiano hybridized some gorgeous violets!

Outside photos...

We've been cool at night and had our first snow this last Saturday.  Today our balcony is toasty warm and the outside plants are gone so I felt safe to take a couple of plants outside for a few minutes to get photos in nice sunlight.  (One plant out at a time, just in case there are any hardy bugs still floating around!)

Lucky Me (Domiano)

Lucky Me (6298) 06/30/1986 (J. Domiano) Double orchid/darker mottling, variable purple edge. Light green, plain, glossy. Large (DAVS 942)

Lucky Me Sport.  I have this plant (and leaves put down too) but took a photo that of the picture that was on the starter that I bought. 

Jeannette Domiano was a hybridizer from New Orleans.  Her hybrids were known for their catchy names and unusual blossoms.  Per a thread on a forum that I'm on, here is some more info about this hybridizer:

In discussion with one of the members of our club, who was a close friend of Jeannette's, told us that she read a lot of class B romance novels and that is how she named a lot of her plants. It would be the title of the book or some section of the book that caught her attention. That is why some of her plant names were "risque". Plus, she named a lot of plants that had to do with New Orleans and surrounding Louisiana culture.

From what I understand, she was a real nice person, who enjoyed growing a hybridizing plants. She would share her plants with everyone. When she passed away, her husband called one of the members and told him that he was throwing out all and anything that had to do with the violets, that if he or any other members wanted anything, that they needed to come a get it. He told us that when they got there 2 days later, that they had to take things out of the garbage and try to save as much as they could. This included plants, seed pods, pots, soil, and anything else related. The husband hated violets and wanted nothing to do with them.

Jeannette's hybrids are listed throughout this page. She had a lot!

Bayou Secret

Bayou Secret (7110) 05/15/1989 (J. Domiano) Double lavender star/darker shading, variable white edge. Variegated medium green, plain, pointed, glossy. Large

I don't think this one is quite all the way open but it's almost there.  I'm surprised at how quickly it opened!