"Does Optimara have a link that tells where you can buy their violets? I didn't see one." Bunnycat, Here's the info, it is from this page on Optimara's site: To purchase Optimara Violets or plant care products, visit your local Optimara retailer or contact the Selective Gardener. The Selective Gardener specializes in plant care products made specifically for African Violets. In addition to Optimara Violets and leaf cuttings, the Selective Gardener offers the complete line of Optimara plant care products. To visit the Selective Gardener online, go to http://www.selectivegardener.com. Or to receive the full-color Selective Gardener catalog, send your name, address and one dollar ($1 US) to the Selective Gardener, 6011 Martingale Lane, Brentwood, TN 37027

I am kind of wary of RR. The reason is a wide spread of the INSV virus - and the fact that if the culture is good - the plant doesn't show it that well. You can with best intentions put the rare plant leaf in the RR - and - oops - somebody loses the whole collection. If something looks stunted when it shouldn't - chuck it. Do not save stunted plants from the shelves of a big box store - or neglected plants from friends - you can bring doom to the rest of your treasured collection. I chucked literally hundreds of plants in 2007. Irina

I have to say I loved the surprise as each one bloomed, each flower is beautiful and I thank you again for the propagation extras!!!! I have one more to bloom and seeing your pictures of Ognennyi Tsvetok, I am pretty sure it is labeled correctly. Here are all I received from you.

Marianne, I have never lived in Florida, but the first thing that came into my mind is this. It is really HOT in greenhouses and to get around that, they run fans (in your case run a small one) and they keep some of the violets that need it (like Modesty) under a black net to additionally cool them. Not all violets love bright light. Variagation wants coolness. Things do work different in a greenhouse, but violets will adapt. Since you grow in natural light as I do, my Modesty was very happy in my unobstructed NORTH window. The least light available. In my east window she wasn't happy. West window either. If necessary maybe try a little lamp near her if you move her back from a window. Your violets are very pretty even without Modesty's flowers! I have Millennia on one of the pages of my wish list ! And did the NOID come from Optimara also? Rosie