Delightful varieties of Humako violets: Pink Wave, Flame, Isabella, Candy, Teardrops, Monique with immaculate bushes of rosettes, possessing voluminous caps of large corollas of unusual shades and shapes, are industrial varieties.
These violets are a product of the development of the Dutch concern Humako Holding BV , located in the province of North Holland. The company is actively involved in the selection of Saintpaulias, as well as wholesale supplies of its own varieties to the world market. The company does not give out the names of its breeders, so their varieties are sold by Russian flower growers under the name Humako.
Industrial varieties of violets have undoubted advantages - they are always available in the store, independently form an exhibition rosette, and bloom magnificently and for a long time.
The disadvantage is that these varieties are very difficult to grow in home collections after purchasing them in a store. Usually these are Saintpaulias of one flowering.
IMPORTANT! A properly reanimated industrial violet further brings great joy with its flexibility and decorativeness.
Violet Humako Pink Wave
Description of the variety
Young violets independently and easily pack their leaf plates into a problem-free rosette silhouette configuration with a fairly dense filling. The sizes of compact bushes of a standard format remain for the most part in the middle of the typological gradation and do not violate its upper boundaries.
The leaves have a pointed-oval structure with a slightly smoothed surface texture, have fine, smoothly outlined jagged contours and lightly pressed graphics of veins with an enlarged central axis of a light green tone.
The color of the upper side of the plates is distinguished by a rich color of darkened green. The reverse side of the leaves becomes increasingly tinted with burgundy coating as they age.
The corollas of the variety are painted in various shades of pink with a slight edging of white braid. The outer part of the petals has a greenish tone, making the buds look a bit like Brussels sprouts.
The petals are distinguished by a dense structure and smooth contours, only the lower petals exhibit a slight fringe of the edge.
The distinctive features of the flowers of this variety are the extremely terry texture of the structure and the slight curling of the petals towards the center , which together creates the semblance of small delicate roses.
ATTENTION! The mass of constantly forming buds forms a cap of impressive volume.
Sports
This Uzambara violet was not noted to display sporting characteristics in specimens.
Content Feature
Varietal violet represents a group of flower “workaholics”: it forms voluminous corolla caps that bloom with short breaks and for an extremely long time.
Among its positive varietal touches are:
- independence in creating a classic rosette shape;
- decorative volumes of flower hats;
- increasing the flowering effect with each wave;
- strong flower stalks.
No significant deficiencies were noted in the variety.
Reviews about violet
Lev Konstantinovich. “The Pink Wave variety grows magnificently on its own, I didn’t even notice when it became unrealistically handsome. Now I proudly show everyone huge caps of flowers and persuade them to have the same luxury for themselves.”
Violet Humako Flame
Description of Saintpaulia
The charming “flaming” variety of violet has a standard format. Its distinctive varietal quality is the neat, completely independent distribution of hatching leaves over the classic number of tiers of the bush.
The result is a compact, not too voluminous rosette with almost ideal silhouette contours.
Medium-sized leaves in the shape of a heart-shaped oval have a smooth surface with a quilted texture, teeth that are weakly expressed in the form of a soft wave along the contour, a uniform venation network with a main vein of increased size painted in a salad color, and a juicy, dark green color of the plates with a slight brownish tint, which appears in older leaves.
The violet forms the spatial volume of its caps from significant “pansy” flowers with a simple degree of filling with petals.
On top of the main white color in the central part of the corollas there are huge spots of varying intensity in shades of raspberry-cherry with watercolor-blurring borders.
It creates a visual sensation of flame blazing from the core of the flower.
Sports
Violet Humako Flame occasionally exhibits sporting qualities, forming evenly colored flowers of a crimson tone.
Features of growth and care
The variety does not cause unnecessary inconvenience to gardeners during its development, it is light and easy to grow and care for , and is distinguished by the following fundamental features:
- ideal and independent layout of a neat outlet;
- the ability to bloom magnificently, voluminously and often in caps;
- strong structure of peduncles, allowing to withstand the weight of flowering caps;
- increase in the size and beauty of flower caps with each wave of budding.
A varietal feature is a certain dependence of the violet color scheme on the temperature gradient:
- in extreme heat, the petals lose their color gradation and can become completely cherry-colored;
- in cool conditions, the color of the violet remains even.
Reviews about violet
Zinaida Kuzminichna. “The Flame violet delivers truly aesthetic pleasure with its ideal rosette shape, which, by the way, assembles itself without the help of a florist, and its huge cap of flaming corollas. Plant care is classically simple, and flowering is almost endless. An excellent industrial grade, I definitely recommend paying attention to it.”
Violet Isabella Humako
Description of violet
A spectacular two-color variety in rich tones represents compact variations of the Saintpaulia standard.
From the beginning of its development, the violet independently and extremely carefully lays out the rosette bush in aligned contours, which allows it to acquire the neat configuration of an adult violet with a clearly calculated symmetry of the leaf plates.
Small, almost round-shaped violet leaves without a clearly pointed tip are distinguished by a quilted structure of the top layer with a slight shine to its surface, small, wavy teeth, abundant graphics of volumetric veins and a dark color of the green mass.
The configuration of the leaves involves a slight bending of the edge down.
The violet is valued for the magnificence of its blindingly colored flowers from the “pansy” segment : the petals of large corollas fill the inner space of the bud to a simple, very rarely semi-double degree, forming, due to their wavy border, a visually larger silhouette of the corolla.
NOTABLE! The color palette is determined by a combination of rich shades of the cherry-burgundy palette of the main background with snow-white areas of the center and edge border.
Sports
in this variety .
Features of room maintenance and care
Violet Isabella Humaco is a variety with easy care and absolutely unpretentious behavior. According to its varietal characteristics, it lays out a compact rosette, grows actively, loves to bloom and does so in abundant quantities.
A feature of the variety is that it becomes more and more spectacular with each subsequent flowering . Strong peduncles help in creating lush caps and easily keep them in a straight position throughout the flowering process.
ATTENTION! To prevent the effect of completely drowning the corollas with cherry shades and provide them with greater brightness during the flowering period, it is more advisable to move the plant to cool conditions.
The length of the growing peduncles noticeably depends on the lighting conditions of the violet - with a small amount of light they become very elongated.
Reviews
Lana Anatolyevna. “I am incredibly glad that I recently purchased a charming variety of industrial violet “Isabella”. I bought a bush from a gardener, so I am completely sure that the plant will not die after flowering, as many “wet plants” do. My violet has a small, dense rosette of absolutely exhibition shape. It has been blooming for an infinitely long time, but the number of buds does not decrease. And the combination of colors and their brightness in the corollas is simply crazy. The chic variety has become my favorite.”
Rules of care
Every plant planted by a person needs proper care . This also applies to pets; many of them are unpretentious and are content with minimal care.
However, it responds to the correct attitude towards them with maximum efficiency. This applies to all Saintpaulias and especially chimeras.
There are several basic rules that chimeras need:
- Chimera does not like direct sunlight ; light windows facing west or east, northwest or northeast are the best place for Saintpaulia chimeras. In winter, the variety requires additional lighting;
- Stable room temperature throughout the day within the range of +22-250C. The plant is very sensitive to changes in temperature:
- The saturation of the petals will change;
And they will differ in color from each other.
High temperature will cause darkening of color , which will lead to loss of decorativeness of flowers;
Saintpaulias can be watered through a wick.
Important! When choosing a container for a chimera, it is better to give preference to plastic material. The plastic is dense enough to retain moisture in the soil inside the pot.
- For chimeras, a store-bought Saintpaulia potting mix is . Its components:
- Humus-rich soil (chernozem);
- Perlite;
- And coconut flakes.
Peat;
This substrate provides the necessary air exchange inside the pot and retains moisture.
These are the basic rules for caring for chimera violet. A chimera provided with such conditions will delight with the luxury of its flowering for a very long time.
As the chimera Forest King and violets like it grow, they should:
- Inspect the plant;
- Form a bush;
- Removing dried leaves;
- Withered flower stalks;
- Remove formed stepsons on the plant trunk.
According to the recommendation of breeders, the leaves of the chimera should be arranged in three rows.
Violet Humako Candy
Description of characteristics
The violet is an unrealistically magical standard suitable for growing in the collections of all violet growers: its tiers are independently filled with a dense volume of leaves, the rosette represents a neat plant with perfect symmetry on all sides.
Round-heart-shaped, medium-sized leaf plates with a sharp end are characterized by a soft quilted surface, unusual uniformity of the venation pattern, smallish, evenly shaped serration of the edge edges and a rich color of green volume.
Varietal Saintpaulia forms a bouquet of large corollas of simple configuration , shaped like a part of the “pansies” segment. The flower petals are framed by light, graceful edge curves, giving the violet a special charm.
The main tone of the petals consists of shades of a delicate pink palette with coral reflections. In the central part of the corolla there is a white spot with clear contours, which may spread slightly onto the edges of the petals.
Sports
The violet has no variations with sporting characteristics.
Feature of development
Saintpaulia is characterized by a simple and uncapricious character , easy adaptation to the microclimate of indoor collections and has several plus distinctive touches:
- independence in the formation of a socket;
- ideal outlines and neatly compacted borders of the rosette;
- fast and trouble-free growth;
- the incomparable decorativeness of large corollas.
CAREFULLY! It is necessary to carefully monitor the temperature gradient at the moment of laying the buds and opening the corollas, since varietal violets tend to fade in color from the heat.
Reviews
Svetlana Igorevna. “The “Candy” variety enchanted me from the first time I met it in the store with its bright white eyes framed by amazingly-toned, coral-pink petals with soft waves along the edges. A bouquet of these marvelous flowers looked at me from a perfect bright green rosette, and my heart trembled. The violet went to my collection, and now I am suffering waiting for the end of its flowering. Several times I have already promised myself not to buy industrial varieties - they die in my conditions immediately after flowering. I’ll ask the violet growing club for advice and hope that this violet will survive and be able to please me with many more blooms.”
Reviews
The chimera variety of Russian breeders, Forest Tsar, has conquered many violet growers and simply lovers of beauty on the windowsill. The purchase of planting material and the exchange of growing experience takes place on forums dedicated to this plant.
Kiseleva Irina. “ I asked a question to those who are well acquainted with the chimera Forest King: how stable is the reproduction of the King from his stepson? I once purchased this variety, and it bloomed for me, but I couldn’t fix it. I hoped that one of the stepsons would reproduce it, but the flowering was in the form of a combination of blue, blue, and white segments.
Here and there pink polka dots were visible, but there were no fuchsia colors anywhere.”
Violet grower. “ The Forest King is a very stable chimera. We sell this variety only after they bloom, selecting resistant samples. We have accumulated good statistics on this variety. For more than a year and a half we collected stepchildren. We do not plan to show the collection, since we only waited for the first flowering. We want to test the sustainability of the sport.”
Chris. “ I, too, have such a chimera growing. I love her! My chimera only has half the chimera leaves. Your sheet is super! I wish you to secure this variety as soon as possible!”
Tatiana. “ My chimera Forest King is blooming for the second time. A huge outlet!!!"
Vovkin . “ My chimera somehow bloomed very quickly. This is its second flowering.”
Violet attracts the attention of many gardeners.
Flymash. “We waited for the next flowering of the Forest King. Only the bush was compressed, I had to break off all the dried and withered leaves. She moved the pot with the flower to the edge of the shelf, and it fluffed up its leaves. When the chimera first bloomed, the border was much better. They brought it to me with buds. During the second flowering, the rosette corrected itself a little, but the border did not repeat its appearance. Probably the air wasn’t too cool.”
Olga-flora. “The variety is distinguished by its extraordinary beauty! The border turned out to be especially beautiful! I don’t have the Forest King, but I do have the variety from which this violet was grown, Buckeye Irish Lace. But this violet has never had such a border.”
Violet Humako Teardrops
Description
An exquisite standard with fantastic colors is no longer found in the manufacturer's catalogs. The violet was removed from the growing process due to its difficult adaptation in the collections of flower growers. But among Russian violet growers the variety is found quite often.
An independent violet conscientiously distributes its leaves within the compact boundaries of the tiers-floors, forming a neat rosette of an architectural mosaic configuration of a standard format, the dimensions of which are on the lower edge of the standard gradation. The bushes of this variety are more suitable for semi-miniature sizes.
The medium-sized leaves have a heart-shaped elongated shape with a distinct sharp tip, a smooth surface texture, neat, finely pointed teeth and even symmetry of the venation in the form of a dense network.
The general color background of the plates is represented by rich tones of emerald green, but in older leaves a slight darkening of the color is noticeable.
Some violet specimens exhibit a slight tuck of the tips of the leaves towards the flowerpot.
The flowers open in the form of simple “pansies” with significant outlines, their petals have an even configuration. The corollas themselves are painted with bright colors of a violet-cornflower blue palette, only the three lower petals are decorated with watercolor strokes in the form of white “tears” emerging from the center.
Sports
Violet is not seen in sporting activities.
Features of growing in a room
NOTABLE! The variety turned out to be quite unpredictable when keeping indoor collections in a microclimate, so it was removed from the company’s catalogs.
But violet still showed several positive qualities:
- neatness and very compact forms of a self-forming bush;
- the incomparable decorativeness of brightly colored corollas;
- love for continuous flowering.
the violet bends its leaves towards the flowerpot. Therefore, it is advisable to use an integrated mode - a combination of natural light and daylight spectrum lamps.
Reviews
Kira Mikhailovna. “It’s a pity that the “Teardrops” variety can only be purchased in flower growers’ collections - the company somehow didn’t like it and now you can’t find it in flower shops. But this is the most gorgeous violet: an independent emerald rosette of very compact dimensions, which is good when saving space; smooth, small leaves; good flowering time. I'm not even talking about the decorative nature of violet flowers - its three white tears look so defenseless against a bright purple background. It’s good that this variety has been in my collection for a long time.”
Violet Forest King (Cousin/Artemova)
Mysterious violet Forest King.
In violet biology, chimeras are plants that combine several tissues with different genetics. Such a representative of unique chimeras was the violet Forest King . This variety of Russian selection, observed since 2009, is registered in the ABCA register, but here it was awarded a different name: Ko,s Chortle (S.Ko).
The random mutation of violets has become a real unique gift of nature, which has the following acquired features:
- Flowers, on a neat chimera bush, bloom with bright pink stars . Each of their petals with white chimeric stripes is framed by a bright green edge in the form of a ruffle;
- Violet leaves: Large;
- Wavy with a white border in the form of scallops;
- They add originality to the appearance of the plant.
- Quite large in size;
- Large;
The variety has constant flowering.
Breeders have not yet been able . Deviation in the development of a plant, the appearance of a new shape and color of a flower, can occur under the influence of a number of factors:
- A certain soil composition;
- Fertilizers;
- Ultraviolet exposure;
- And many other reasons.
Many gardeners say that violet sports are very strong.
Important! The option of fixing the repeatability of a chimera with a leaf cutting is less reliable compared to reproducing the characteristics of a new variety by rooting a peduncle. It is necessary to take into account the reproduction conditions: temperature, soil composition, light conditions, watering.
Violet Humako Monique
Description of the variety
Varietal violet is a chimeric variety of the standard format. She voluntarily and relatively densely arranges all the newly emerging leaf blades into neatly decorated “floors,” which helps, as a result of maturation, to present the bush with a neat configuration.
The medium-sized leaves of the variety have an elongated rounded shape with a slight taper, a surface with a quilted-shimmering texture, almost smooth, serrated contours and rare graphics of enlarged venation.
The color of the rosette visually repeats the semi-dark shades of summer foliage; Sometimes a certain number of old plates in a bush may have brownish shading in their central part.
The corollas are simply filled with “pansies” petals with a clear chimeric color : basically white, sometimes with cream tints, the color of each petal in the very middle of it runs from the center to the tip, a wide, contrasting ribbon distinguishing the varieties of chimeras, bright, bluish lilac shades.
The corolla of a violet can look a little like a daisy with white and blue petals. The structure of the petals is light, luminous, with absolutely even contours.
Sports
Saintpaulia can occasionally germinate with the formation of almost white flowers with bluish highlights and chimeric leaves , decorated in the center with a stripe of a darker green tone.
Features of development and care
The violet has a relatively calm and easy character ; it is unpretentious in care and independent in terms of the design of an almost exhibition leaf bush. Flowers on strong, stable peduncles appear at the usual time, flowering is luxuriant and in elegant caps.
The variety is very hardworking, almost a “workaholic”, as it blooms most of the year , leaving very short periods of time to replenish its strength.
ADVICE! Due to the possibility of periodic appearance of sports specimens, it is better to bring all the children to the first budding, which will allow you not to miss varietal plants.
Of the unpleasant nuances, one can only note the violet’s poor disposition to reproduce.
Reviews
Varvara Benediktovna. “In my collection, the Monique violet has a privileged position - I admire violet chimeras, and especially love the rich blue-violet colors in the color palette. In addition, Monique is diligent and hardworking: she creates a wonderful rosette herself and loves to bloom, forgetting about rest. I’m glad I met this representative of the Humako line.”
