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Is this a violet?
Posted: Nov 20, 2009 4:26 pm
by shanhouse
Got this at least 25 years ago as part of a Florist gift plant. Never knew the name and have never seen it elsewhere. It has a lavender flower very similar to a violet except no yellow thingy in the center. Leaves are 7-8 " long and 3 1/2 " at the widest part. The underside is very red and fuzzy.
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Is this a violet?
Posted: Nov 20, 2009 4:27 pm
by shanhouse
Another view.
Re: Is this a violet?
Posted: Nov 20, 2009 6:46 pm
by party_music50
Could it possibly be Rhoeo spathaceae (aka Moses-in-the-Cradle)? The photos I find on-line are each a little different, but this shows one in bloom:
http://www.hcp4.net/mercer/inbloom/imag ... a-1024.jpg
Re: Is this a violet?
Posted: Apr 23, 2010 7:17 pm
by Gruntfuttock
So, that's what it's called. I have one of those Party. I stole a seedling from a pot at my daughter's house, it has grown big now. I don't think that's what Shan has though.
