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Babies! I got babies!

18 years ago

Finally, I'm getting babies in my (only) prop box! Yay! Some very kind people sent me leaves a *long* time ago and I now have mouse ears on Wee Dear, Sunrise Waltz, and Strep Pegasus. Weee!/Oh Gaia, where am I going to put them all??? (conflicting emotions)

Korina (still waiting on five more Avs and an Aes- Asch- um, lipstick plant)

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trisha_51
18 years ago
That's wonderful!!!! Congratulations! I'm still waiting on babies from one of my leaves that I put down in April, the other 4 leaves have babies! They are soooo cute! Yes, now where to put them!
Motezuma
18 years ago
Yay, Korina! The faith and patience paid off! I'm running into the no-space dilemma too -because when you suggested to slice up the begonia leaves, it worked.

They sure are cute.
-Mo (WV)
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korina
Original Author
18 years ago
Update: My Strep Pegasus is now three babies; the mother leaf started to rot, so I figured she was done.
My Aesch -- thingy popped a baby after four or five months, and my one girl leaf has I think two fast-growing babies. The mouse ears on my Wee Dear are multiplying at an alarming rate; I'm not sure when I should pull them, but I think I'll wait a little longer.

Anybody else?

Korina
rujoanmi
18 years ago
Hi Korina, I have more babies right now than I can even count! lol

I know you like mini's, and at the moment I have too many:
Irish Flirt
Rob's Dust Storm
Rob's Argyle Socks
Rob's Mad Cat
Lemon Sundrop
Rowdy Ray
Blueberry Sprite

Email me, if you'd like to do a trade at some point.

Russell
korina
Original Author
18 years ago
Ooooh no. No, Russell, you're not going to sucker me into a trade. Unh unh. The inn is *full*. Nice try, though.

Congrats on the new babies. Kinda makes you want to run around and show everyone, doesn't it? 'Course, then you get the glazed eyes and the polite smile...

Except here!

Korina (Blueberry Sprite, huh? I'll have to look it up.)
rujoanmi
18 years ago
Korina, LOL, you are so funny! ;) I would never sucker, anyone! and I wouldn't want anyone to try to clone me either!

We all have all of these plants, and always wonder where the hell we can put them. You have extra babies and so do I. Generally, I like to grow my babies til first bloom, to see if any mutate, I especially hope for chimera's. But this year, I just have too many!

I would like to try Wea Dear, Sunrise Waltz, and any plant with girl leaves. I thought you might like some of mine. I counted them, I have 84 babies and that's not including what's still in the leaf trays. I generally wait for first bloom, and then I visit the florists and garden centers in my area and sell them off for $1 each in bloom. This year I have too many, because I panicked when rob's plants all went into shock! and I have too many babies now. I can give some away, and will sell the others, don't worry, I don't mulch anything that's living.

I just thought you'd like to trade. Blueberry Sprite is a new (2005) plant available from lyndonlyon.com, you can look it up there. It is a semi-mini with single purple/blue flowers edged in white. It is a robust, easy to grow plant and I really hope they register it, so that we can show it if we want. The mouse ears arrive dime size! The thing about it that I really love is how red the bloom stalks are! I feel the same way about Lemon Sundrop.

I forgot to mention, I also have extra "Candy Crystals"

Russell
korina
Original Author
18 years ago
Russell, you are a cruel man, tempting me with all those pretties. But I'm staying firm; only minis and microminis will be added to my collection. Well, until I win the lottery and buy a house just for my violets. Woo hoo! ;-P

Korina

'It must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.' -Arthur Dent
Motezuma
18 years ago
Stay strong, Korina! Now, Russell, if you'd like to send them to ME... We could talk about the beautiful and fascinating genus of streptocarpus...

I'm just kidding! Sounds like you have a pretty good set-up with the nurseries though.

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