Variegated African Violet

Variegated African Violet is also called as Saintpaulia. This type of plant is one of my collections. I adored Variegated African Violet very long time however, this type of African Violet is hard to find in Canada. 

There are so many regular African Violet in most of the stores around where I live but I had purchased only one plant despite that I love their flowers. I still have this plant since 2013 until now and it blooms every year. 

Variegated African Violet first blooms

I remember, been searching Variegated African Violet in the internet but most of them were found in the US. In the year 2020 around May, I found a Facebook page of selling various types of African Violet. I jumped into joy because at last I can purchased the plant on my wish lists. I purchased 4 leaves cuttings and 4 babies unfortunately, the leaves rot. Then I bought another five different variegated African Violet where four of them survived but the leaves were rotten after 4 to 5 days. Then, here's the third purchased just around Montreal area, I bought three plants.

As you can see in my video those are my surviving Variegated African Violets. I tried leaf propagation some successful but the others failed however, I still tried.

This lonely bloom just recently from one of my Variegated African Violet I purchased online

Why I became obsessed of Variegated African Violet? well, simply because I'm plant crazy when it comes to variegated plants I guessed. No, the mean reason is that, they makes me happy, I forgot most of my worries when looking at them, the plants relieve my stress. I admit, to have a plants at home are additional chores but having these makes me worry free of what to do next, I just do what I love to do.

According to the website named Karen Hugg, that this variegated African Violet had been around since late 1950. Wow, that very long and I only noticed this type of African Violet in the year 2016 while browsing online for unusual variegated plants. The fuzzy and white-speckled white some are pink are such so pretty to my eyes. Yet this variegated one is a bit tricky to take care of than the regular one.

For caring my variegated African Violet still I'm not so sure if I did the right way however, I have to check them everyday as I observed they do not like their soil to be dried out. I made a wick to self water them however some seem doesn't work.

Most of my variegated African Violet are in my living room under the artificial lights. So far, I see that they are happy as they gave me flowers most of the time.

I watered them almost everyday for those in a tiny pot trying to avoid the leaves however, that is really hard to do. Every time, I water my plants not just the African Violet there's always water splashed all over.