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How to order



Please make a list of the plants you wish to purchase. In an email to orchids@geocities.com, please provide your list, your name and your address
,We will return your email with an invoice which will include the cost of shipping. Your plants will be shipped USPS Priority Mail within 2 business days unless otherwise noted in your email
You can pay via Zelle, Venmo or PayPal using the email address orchids@geocieties.com
IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO USE FRIENDS & FAMILY FOR PAYPAL, PLEASE ADD $5.00 TO YOUR ORDER. Your order will NOT be sent otherwise
We are on the East Coast so figure your shipping will be approximately $10.00 or more to the Midwest and South. $15.00 plus to the West Coast


The fine print



We do our best to keep up on the website, but multiple orders for the same plant, shows, and life can get in the way. We do not keep a lot of any, one variety in stock. We are a small hobby grower and not a business. Your understanding is appreciated. We will keep a list of varies that we do grow. You can inquire if or when they will be available. We cannot keep a list of buyers for a particular variety, but you are welcome to send us an email to see if we have one available, but not listed, or at least if we have a leaf or two available


We are not responsible for losses due to the Post Office. Shipping is partially the buyers responsibility: Do not order if temperatures are going to be above 90F or below 55F between Virginia and your location within two weeks of ordering. We do not supply a heat pack with your order. We also advise having you package held for pickup at the Post Office to avoid your package being stolen by porch pirates or having your package set in a delivery truck or outside your home for extended periods of time. Please note that USPS tracking is NOT always accurate


We do not 'grow for show' so we may not use our own photographs. Photo credit will be given when known. If you find we are using your photo and do not wish us to do so, we will gladly remove it from our listing.



Chimeras



Chimera African Violets are plants with flowers or leaves or both that have two different genetic phenotypes being expressed. What this simply means is that the color being expressed in the leaves or flowers is coming from two genetically different sources in the same plant. If flowers, this is usually expressed as a stripe down the center of each petal. In leaves, the central portion of the leaf is colored differently than the edges. This doesn’t mean that every flower or leaf that has a stripe down the middle is a Chimera. What it does mean, is that the plant can not be propagated from a leaf cutting, but must be propagated from a growing point of the plant…. Either the top of the plant, undeveloped growth points above each leaf axis or on the flower stems. Propagation can take 18 month or more to produce, just a few new plants. Therefore, they are much more expensive and hard to find.



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Yukako



Standard
Hybridizer: Unknown from Japan
We currently have four of these plants and two have bloomed true. The other two have yet to bloom. Once they have bloomed true they will be for sale. They are currently in 4 inch pots


$35.00
1 available

Jere's Roll Tide



Jere's Roll Tide 11/07/2018 (J. Trigg)
Single chimera red sticktite pansy/white stripe. Medium green, heart-shaped, quilted, glossy Standard
. Currently in 3oz solo cups,
These will be available once they have flowered and proven to be blooming true


Hopefully spring 2027

DS-Moon Path



DS-Moon Paph (Dimetris) Single star, white, light purple chimera stripe Spade, slightly serrated, lightly quilted, light to
medium green Standard
Currently in 3oz solo cups
These will be available once they have flowered and proven to be blooming true


Hopefully Spring 2027

Eternal Orbit



Eternal Orbit 01/27/2010 (P. Sorano/Lyndon Lyon Greenhouses) Semidouble chimera pink pansy/variable blue fantasy blue stripe. Variegated dark green and ivory, quilted/red back. Semi miniature
. Newly acquired
Not available for a long time. Try Lyndon Lyon Greenhouse or QuiteMadViolets.com


Spring 2028

Jere's Starburst



 Hybridizer: Jere Trigg
Huge white single star, deep royal purple chimera stripe centrally, ruffled edges lightly brushed royal purple
Leaves: Just a hint of serrated edge, quilted medium green Standard
Newly aquired


Spring 2028

Pony Ride



Pony Ride 11/07/1991 (S. Sorano) Single chimera medium blue bell/white stripe. Medium green, plain, quilted. Miniature trailer
Starter plants in 3oz solo cups


$25
Several available


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