Weekend sparkles

in #nature6 years ago

My African Violets are blooming on and off now. I am still waiting for all of them to open the flowers in the same time. Is that even possible? It is nice to see some flowers thoughout the yer. Once it's white, then it's pink, then some purple or blue.

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But it has been like that since I got to have more than one Violet plant. And I want the WOW effect with a filed shelf full of colorfull flowers. I shall pump them with some vitamins and see how that goes :p

African violet white pink 1.jpg

Yes, that bud comes from the same plant. It just changes colours as it pleases. Sometimes dark pink, sometimes white, sometimes both colours appear on the petals.

African violet white pink 2.jpg

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I really liked the violet and photos !!
What is the duration of flowering in violets?

Thank you :)
It depends... some can bloom or months, almost all year round! The older flower die off, but new ones keep coming.

The white petals look like they are covered in glitter. Very pretty.

Yea :D They all sparkle in the sun. Like made of sugar :)

Sugared flowers ! That's exactly what they look like. :)

Beautifully captured. I can almost feel the pedal on my fingertip

Thank you :D
Yea the pedals feel very nice :p
sorry I had to

what a lovely macro...what an effort. I love the intensity of the colors. They're so beautiful.

Thank you very much :)

Violet foods do work well to get them flowering but they flower nonstop if you get the conditions right: warm, with bright, filtered light

They get very warm! ;)
I actually have o keep them away from windows. They do not like when the sun gets them. I think it might be time for some fresh soil too..

They do get sunburned easily and they appreciate a repotting from time to time

The sunburn I got tested ;)

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