In most cases, however, their presence is unmistakable. As Thrips feed, they spill pollen from the anthers , leaving a light yellow powder on the flowers. More information . See Slow-Release . Flowers are white with a pink edge.
Leaves are dark green.
Available in the U.S. as Gisela . Method of propagation which reproduces African Violets from meristem cells. The method involves taking a tissue culture from the leaf stems and cultivating new plantlets in an agar medium which been fortified with growth hormones . While a leaf cutting may produce two or three new plantlets, it only takes a square centimeter of meristem cells to produce thousands. African Violets can also be reproduced from seed , peduncle cuttings , division , separation and by rooting a sucker .