That was a really special show! As Marigene shows with her pictures, the plants were gorgeous! There was a lot of variety in both the African violets and other gessies. Very high quality stuff! I noticed that there were a lot of varieties that we don't see on the east coast. Or at least I haven't seen them or heard of them. I got to meet Miss Marigene that day, which was a real treat. She also introduced me to a friend of hers that is 90 years old, and she had some pretty nice entries, plus some of the best plants on the sale table. I got there an hour after it opened, so that may have made a difference. There were lots of other people I met at the show; some were friends of friends, some were just downright huggy bears, like Denny. All in all, a very friendly club. I was invited to Marigene's home, (beautiful yard too!) to see how my offspring were doing (great) and she shared some of the things I didn't have. What a good grower she is. Boy, is my violet life blessed.....the Bay State show in Massachusetts on April 19, the Seattle show on April 27, Marigene's house on April 29. Next week I'm going to look for Herkimer diamonds in New York, and plan to visit the Holy Trinity, the Trifecta, the triple scoop - Fay Wagman, Violet Varn, and Lyons greenhouse. Yep, there is a God. Barbara

Hello Imaginae, Like Thom, I'm no expert on these things, but I've had some success with saving dying plants from my local box stores. If you have no leaves at all, I think you're going to have a hard to saving the plant since there is nothing to trigger the photosynthesis. I totally recommend you try to save it though, if for no other reason than the challenge of it. I would place the plant under fluorescent light, make sure it's in appropriate moistened soil, and place a ziplock baggie over it to maintain moisture. If nothing happens after a month, then the plant probably isn't going to make it. Do you know what type it was? Perhaps you could obtain a leaf to start over.

They stopped publishing. I don't know why. The gentleman who put this publication out has written several nice articles on gesneriads lately for the AVSA magazine, complete with color pictures. Nice.

Since this is outdated I'm posting to it to drop it down and bring current active threads at the top.