Are there yellow african violets

This is a fungal disease that is caused by the Botrytis Cinerea fungus and it is very contagious. When an African Violet gets diseases by Botrytis Blight, the flowers and the leaves will fade in color and then turn yellow.

It should be isolated from the other plants, as it can spread to your other houseplants, and be treated with fungicide.

The diseased leaves should be removed. Yellow leaves can be removed from your African Violet. This will help the plant to restore energy and grow new leaves. You can repot the plant if this is diseased or infested with pests, but unnecessary repotting can stress the plant. African Violets are blooming when they are root-bound, so repotting it, blooming can be delayed. TIP: Use sterilized tools and work with clean hands when removing the leaves from your plants. This can prevent further infestation or damages to your African Violets.

Usually, there is a problem with it. Though I am admittedly just a modern-day tourist, the true jungle atmosphere allowed myself to think, for a few minutes at least, that I was actually an intrepid traveler, venturing to little-known parts of the world.

By the mid-afternoon, in which the sun had become almost unbearable, we reached a plateau that to my best estimation, was around 1, m in altitude. The air was cooler and the gentle shade offered refuge from the harsher tropical climate below. I do like flowers, and I had been inhaling their fair smell all the day long.

My favorite encounter was with the white star flower of the wild mango tree, whose scent resembles wild jasmine. There he made me walk quite precariously out upon a rock ledge, and if I did not trust him with his knowledge, I would think that he was trying to trick me into tripping and falling into the natural pool below.

Instead, he shone a torch upon the wet rock face in front of me, which suddenly burst into brilliant purple, for there, growing flat against the vertical grey granite, was a beautiful clump of African violets. I laughed for joy when I saw them, because for the first time in a long time in Africa, I recognized something. H wrote it down for me: Saintpaulia pusilla.

After further questions and much note-taking, my friend Mr. It is a very, very rare—very special flower. H seemed very sincere in his concern and I assured him that I would not divulge the location of said flower. I know how collectors and hobbyists have led to the destruction of many rare flora and fauna in the world.

Now—I am not qualified to confirm whether or not what I saw was indeed proof that the smallest of wild African violet species, Saintpaulia pusilla , still exists in nature. I am writing to you merely as a traveler who has come upon a rare thing in a rare place, hoping that with this photo, you might be able to shed some more light on the subject.

As I continue to research this question online, I am instructed again and again that the flower is highly localized, with very specific climactic requirements, met only by the rare cloud-forest conditions and humidity of these mountains. And so, I beg of you, from faraway in Africa, please help me know what it is that I saw.

Or, if you know someone who might know, how I may get in touch with them. The mystery of this single clump of African violets is making me more restless than usual. At other times, these same plants can show very little yellow, or none at all. This may change, as hybridizers improve upon the currently available varieties, and is likely to, given that this color is relatively new to African violets.

They said it would be 20 years before it would come to market. Do you know anything about this? Nothing was commercially available until , however, when Nolan Blansit released his yellow varieties, so he deserves the credit for this.

African Violets - Do I dare? African Violet soil mix. What wall color to make sofas appear less yellow and more white? African violet with white spots. Others have shared their pictures and it's a distinctly different color. The foliage and bloom shape looks right for the plant but not the color. Think I'll have better luck getting an orange than a yellow color.

Thanks for the help! I grew Warm Sunshine for awhile. The blooms did have a pale yellow cast at times, but to me the plant was rather blah, so I didn't keep it. Your Pekoe may have reverted to the original parent. I have read that plants started from leaves of second generations might not be true to the original.

Maybe if you started over with a new plant, you might get better coloration. At one time, I was trying out various blooms that were supposed to have coral in them. I was not happy with the results, the colors were not as vibrant and true as the colors that are more natural to violets.

As for the hybridizers, the Lyon's company might be the ones who are doing most of the work with trying to get yellows and corals because they are the ones who did a lot of the preliminary work with whites and reds.

They also sell a lot of violets. Some of the other hybridizers who might be trying to develop more orangey-coral colors often don't sell directly. Lyon's is sort of a clearing house for other, smaller hybridizers.

I believe, I could be wrong about this, it is just based on observation. Also, sometimes hybridizers do not use their own stock, they might use Optimara stock and cross it with the hybrid of another person, then name their cross. With Lyon's or even Optimara, you are more likely to get original stock. You might send an email to Lyon's to ask what they have that is the most orangey or coral.

Sometimes it takes a few days or longer to get a reply. The Warm Sunshine I grew was a pale ivory color, not yellow. A little flat and dull. I am awaiting its second bloom cycle. Thank you, actually I have an order lined up for Lyon's and I look forward to seeing what they can provide. It's still a keeper but I'm thinking of getting another one in hopes for the more desired color.

As mentioned people have more so the color I wanted when I saw their photos of the same plant. Good, glad to know you are trying Lyon's. Have your scissors handy, they have a complex wrapping system! If you got an original plant from a grower, then the color will be as true as they have it. But if you got a trade from someone of an older plant, then the color might not be as true.

Sometimes vendors mislabel plants. I have ordered plants from a certain vendor who twice sent something completely different. The pots were mislabeled. A search on this forum revealed to me that vendor has done that before.

However, I have never had a problem with Lyon's and have been ordering many plants from them for many years. Anyway, at the beginning stages, it is all part of the learning process. Yes it's learning. I have been gardening for about 6 years now and I'm still learning. I marvel how my grandfather did it with no net of information to guide him, and he had more land to tend with and took care of the grass to boot.

He had such a healthy garden and still held down a job.