It is September already and I just want to remind anyone who may be interested that October 6th 2018 (see above info!!!) is the Show and Sale!!!!! Rosie

Well, you will be missed but there is always the SPRING sale!!!!! lol Rosie

Thank you, Rosie! I am thinking about to visit you guys. It's just 3 hours drive for me. How big the show usually is?

WOW!!! How great that would be if you came!!! I don't know how to describe how large it is but there are lots of different varieties of violet plants, leaves, some growing supplies and some gesneriads! There is also a free presentation given by one of the members of my AV Club that is phenomenal!!! I think everything is very reasonably priced (I do buy a lot!) and sheese,,,it is nice eye candy!

If you come,,,,look for someone with the nametag that says "Hi ! I'm Rosie" and has a smiley face! Would love to see you there! Rosie

If I'll go then we'll definitely meet!

Ohhhh,,,,that would be sooooo awesome! Hope you can make it! Rosie

Well, it is almost Saturday and as usual I can't wait for the Sale! If anyone comes,,,Look for Rosie!!!! I will be working there all day! Would love to meet you! Rosie

OoC, do they hold the show in one of the greenhouses?

No,,,usually it is in one of two rooms. This time it will be in room 125. Rosie

How did the sale go, Rosie? Did you buy anything?

I think maybe Rosie is still lost in the Show. Come back to us!

Rosie probably bought 200 plants and now is trying to find a place for them. Scary thought...

ha ha ha! very funny you guys!!!! The room was not big enough to get lost in and nooooo, I didn't buy 200 plants! I was a very good girl. Tomorrow night I will upload my pix (just one or two) of the very few things that followed me home. I had a great time working the sale and talking to the people that came. It is always so much fun! Rosie

Yes, I've attended a few shows, and enjoyed them greatly.

The major problem is looking at those beautiful show plants and knowing I can never grow one that looks as good as that.

dbarron I agree. sigh,,,,,,,,,Rosie

This is not true. It is not hard. You just need to get the plant plenty of time, space and TLC,

The main thing - we love variety of plants so much... we accumulate them to the point - we cannot give each standard 1.5'x1.5' space on our light stands. We already have 5 plants on this real estate.

Otherwise - take a nice young plant now - and go through the motions - disbud and pot up every 2 months, turn it, remove suckers... and comes the spring - you will have a plant that will make you very proud.

May be we all need a challenge plant?

Yeah, I don't have the room...too many different plants to grow to give one that much space (lol)...as you say. I mean I just added three more orchids two weeks ago and then there's some outside plants (clinopodium georgianum, and lsu purple fig) that probably need another year growing before planted in their permanent ground homes. And oh hey, how about that Blue Eyed Russian that someone held my hand on the mouse and made me submit my bid on Ebay...then I won the darn thing :( Oh, and my primulina has expanded to 3x it's normal space with abundant bloom stalks. Seriously, I layer my plants based on heights around the window.

And I just know Rosie is in the same boat (don't ask me how I know).

dbarron,,,,,how did you know??? Did you peek in my windows? I understand about the hand pressure on the mouse. A very weird but real phenomenon!!!! Got something to do with the nerves in the hand that connect to the brain.

Sigh,,,,yes Irina you are right as usual, better to have one well grown violet than 20 crammed into one space. hmmm,,,,,,nice thought but NO!!!! I cannot!!!!! I have a sickness!!!!! I have been diagnosed with Plantvioletitis!!! And they said there is NO CURE! Rosie

OMG Rosie, what a horrible idea. Think of having one well grown violet vs my odds and ends # of them. Think of all the non-blooming time in well-grooming it...horrors. Give me my dirty horde!

Violetoholics Anonymous Meeting on LIne:

My name is Irina and I am a plant hoarder.

Violetoholics Anonymous Meeting on line:

sniff,,,sniff,,,,,,My name is Rosie and,,,,and,,,,,and,,,,I am a plant hoarder. dbarron,,,are you with us? AnneCecelia what about you???? Anyone else? Rosie

(figure in dark cowl)Hi, I'm anonymous, but I'm glad to be here to help you with our obsession. (whisper to Rosie) I brought the stash, it's outside the door on a room service cart. There's at least twenty, will it be cash or charge?

Rosie, sorry, I couldn't go to the show :-(

Polina.

Hey, now, Rosie - I think I showed admirable restraint considering the sale was within driving distance for me. I took a look at my two trays stuffed with baby plantlets just separated this summer, the tray of leaf cups still to be separated someday soon and the tray of leaves still under a propagation dome and told myself a firm "NO." Don't I get points for resisting temptation?

And where is that photo you took of what followed you home? I keep checking back here to see it... :-)

dbarron, got the cash,,,,meet me out back during the meeting's coffee break! I will throw them in my truck,,,,no one will ever know.

Oh, Polina I was looking forward to meeting you! Maybe at the Spring Show? Rosie

Rosie, why are you still holding out on us? We want to hear what you bought.

She just doesn't want to admit that what she spent was equal to the gross national product of some small countries. heh (That or she can't find her camera as it is buried beneath the new hoard of plants. ;-) )

Ok, here is the thing. I did take pix. I find it tedious to take pix. I get so engrossed in playing with my plants that I forget to take the pix! And there are some I want to post here but,,,,,,. And no,,,there is no quick smart phone. Noooo, the national debt is safe (at least until the spring show!!! lol) And the camera is within easy access!!!!! I just find it tedious to take those darn pix!!!!

BUT,,,,,,I did take a few. I will take a few more today and post!!!!! I promise. Rosie

Lol, I knew you really did want to share...you just needed some encouragement.

Sheese! I can only post 2 photos!!! I accidentally deleted the other folder from my card that had just a few more pix. Soooo, I have to retake them. Either tomorrow or the next day. Daughter drove in from Tennessee so I am spending time with her tomorrow. But these will have to do until I retake some.

This is LE Copper Horseman

2nd pix is the partial one of the stuff I bought. And it is off kilter. Gotta take a better one. Back row from L-R Ramblin' Moonbeam AV, mini begonia Front Row from L-R Rob's Jinda Lee, mini Begonia Smidgens, and a mini Japanese vine. Can't recall the name but I like it. I couldn't find any info by googling it though. I also got leaves of a Noid miniature and hmmm,,,,something Bumble Magnet, another mini. That's it folks!

Are the leaves on the plant in the white square pot thick/stiff? If so, it may be a Pyrrosia -- a type of vining fern.

Thanks Paul, I am going to take better pix. I did have more pix but when transferring them from camera to computer I accidentally deleted a folder of them. grrrrrr. It is a mini, stays small and the new leaves just budding out look like little round balls. Unfortunately he didn't have the botanical name on it. I just did a little googling and I think it is Pyrrosia nummularifolia. Sure looks like it! Violet Barn has a pix of it also and when I googled further I found better pix and it does resemble that! Thanks for the lead!!!! Rosie