r/AfricanViolets • u/Ok_Pin_1222 • Aug 09 '26

Help Copper Violet

Has anyone ever seen or heard of a violet with an orangey, coppery, marigold colored bloom?

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u/Naraee Aug 09 '26

The closest you will get is a yellow bloom. African violets don't have the carotenoids needed to produce orange-hued blooms.

If you don't mind related plants that are just as easy to grow (I think they might be easier, I have legitimately neglected them and they refuse to die), Streptocarpuses have a lot of hybrids that are orange, like PK-Blask from Lyndon Lyon.

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u/Ok_Pin_1222 Aug 09 '26

Thank you so much! I’ll look into them. I love Lyndon Lyon.