I'm infected too. I am totally in love with micros. :) There's a website with more info at http://www.laeom.com/guestfran.htm A good source is Fay Wagman. Just do a search on the "mini" section of her website for "micro", and order some leaves. http://www.myviolets.net/faywagman/ If you google "micro mini African violet", you'll find more vendors. You can get some really neat micro pots at Teas Nursery http://www.teasnursery.com/page6.html I recommend keeping them under some kind of ventilated enclosure (like a clear plastic container with lots of holes) because they dry out fast. Country Livin' Creations has some adorable ceramic micro mini pots http://www.clcvioletpots.com/ Some small minis can be trained to become micros, just by keeping them in thumb pots. The reverse can happen too, some of my micros have grown out with bigger leaves. To maintain the micros, keep your pots tiny, no larger than about 2 inches. Senk's FRUIT FLY is the tiniest micro I've seen. I tried to keep it but lost it last year to a mite attack. Another very tiny micro is TEENY BOPPER, Rainbow Violets sells them often on Ebay, but you may be able to buy them directly from Nancy, she's one of my very favorite vendors and her plants are incredible (www.rainbowviolets.com) . Others are LITTLE THORNBIRD, PIP SQUEEK (also available from Rainbow Violets), PIXIE RUNAROUND, AMOEBA, TUNDRA TRUMPETS, and Optimara has a series of micros that I'd love to get. There are many others. I used to have a list but I can't find it. If I do, I'll post it here. If you love micro AVs, you will go nuts over micro sinningias! They're absolutely amazing. Dave's Violets sells some very nice plants. http://www.davesviolets.com/gesneriads.html#sinningia Also can be purchased at another outstanding plant vendor, Belislie's http://www.belislesviolethouse.com/ Good luck! shireen

shihtzu-4su, I understand your hubby’s concern. But Pip Squeek is so tiny (but demanding), he would not notice it (I am not suggesting a secrete trade though). Once it grows to be with half a dozen of leaves (1/4’ to 1/2” long) from a cutting, it behaves as a mature plant (1” high) starting to bloom. Talk to him, he would love it as well. If you are still interested, I will send a pair of cuttings to you for postage. By the coming fall, my Chantaspring will be ready for cutting. Let me know if you are interested. I do grow some plants of Lil Ballerina (mini). As having strict limitation to my growing space (my plants are now growing in 4” x 4” x 4” compartments), I can only grow microminis. Lil Ballerina is perhaps the largest plant in my collection. I am now looking for something such as: Tsunami, Midget series, Senk’s Fruit Fly, Vallarta Campanas Moradas, Flashy Trail, Lilla Blaklockan. I understand some of them are on eBay, but I have not had a luck, instead with growing interests in trade so that I could talk with other growers on those little guys. Anyway, those tiny guys generally require more of our attention. But once you grow them, you will see how attached you grow to them. Let me know.

Found these 2 sites that have great info on Micro and Mini's and more! Even Streps!! Rosie TRAILING VIOLETS - Annapolis Valley African Violet Society www.avavs.com/trailfs.pdf VIOLETS. History. The Tinari greenhouses introduced the very first trailing AfricanHybrid in 1954 ... classified under the (micro-miniature), ... Cultural Care. Light. Debbie's African Violets home.earthlink.net/~onepinkpoodle/id13.html How to propagate african violets from leaves, suckers, baskets. ... For miniature ormicro-mini leaves I like to use something small like a ... May 4, 2007 - It's been two months since the leaves were planted, and there are several babies growing.

Hi all, As far as Micro-minis go, AVSA had no designation for them. AVSA recognizes only miniatures and if you put them into a show, they will be judged as miniatures. Yes, its true, Philadelphia AVS is holding their show on Saturday Oct. 13th. It's being held at the Lighthouse Fellowship United Methodist Church,, formerly Glenside-Abington United Methodist Church. Their address is: 137 North Easton Road in Glenside. I will be there at 9AM since I have been invited to help judge the show. If you go to MAAVS say hello to George McDonald our local affiliate president and hybridizer of the Mac series of plants. Fred in NJ