Viola sororia, the common violet.

Hi, Is a very lovely blue violet. I can see why you might get so much. Unfortunately, you are going to have a very difficult time figuring out what plant it is. In fact, it may be impossible to find out the name of it. I think I heard that there are at least 15,000 registered African violets. As you can imagine with that many violets there are several that are look-alikes so even if you find a name and picture that looks like your violet it may not be your violet. I would just be content with having a beautiful violet that has no name. All of us have at least one of those in our collection. Larry

EA has been distributing Hoya nummeroides to several of the big box stores. Most of the ones I have seen have been labeled correctly. I purchased one myself, and once I got it home positively IDed it as being correct. As I had a smaller one from my favorite nursery. Hooray for EA actually IDing a plant correctly!

Hi Gabi, it's nice to hear you say something to me! Me, too, I've found this one hoya different from Callistophylla in terms of leave form and bloom. But, anyway, isn't it more thrilling with a bit of uncertainty? You know my biggest trouble in 'Nam is I can never have name tags attached to the plants I buy, whether it's an amaryllis bulb, an AV, an orchid or a hoya!!! But then everybody else here is on the same boat, so ... Anyway, many thanks for your reply here. Xuan