My Favorite Links
African Violet Society of America
The national society for all
lovers of african violets.
The Gesneriad Society
The national society for
all lovers of gesneriads...a close relative of the african violet.
MVAVC (Missouri Valley African Violet Council)
Missouri Valley African
Violet Society covers a seven state area with a spring meeting and a fall convention and show. Another one of my websites.
First Class Version 2
Is software offered by the African Violet
Society of America, Inc. The database contains names and descriptions of over 15,000 African violet cultivars and species, as well as over
5,400 photos.
Gesneriphiles Email List
This is basically
the only email list concerning violets or gesneriads that I belong to now. It is a very informative email list and not subject to a lot of
chat.
Gesneriad Hybridizers' Association
The focus of
GHA is hybridizing gesneriads and sharing information about hybridizing in the group’s newsletter.
African Violet Suppliers
I have been asked several times about sources for suppliers of African Violets. There are lots of suppliers throughout the country the following list is the ones that I have personally done business with and continue to do business with. Additional sources may be found on the AVSA (African Violet Society of America) web site and in the advertiser's section of their magazine.
Cape Cod Violetry
Cape Cod Violetry handles a wide variety of supplies for the african violet hobbyist. John
also has a catalog and stocks just about anything that a grower needs. For a catalog in Adobe Acrobat format email John at
ccviolets@msn.com
Belisle's Violet House
P.O. Box 111
Radisson, WI 54867
Belisle's not only has a great selection of violet leaves and plants but is also a great source for
other Gesneriads.
Violet Venture
Fay Wagman
52 Harper Drive
Pittsford, NY 14534
Phone - (716) 381-6384
I have ordered from Fay for
several years now and have always been pleased with the service that I have received.
Dave's Violets
1372 S. Kentwood Avenue
Springfield, MO 65804-0220
Phone - (417) 887-8904
I have always enjoyed doing business with Dave and he always
seems to have something a little different than the others plus he usually has some Gesneriads to tempt you with.
The Violet Showcase
The Violet Showcase
3147
South Broadway
Englewood, Colorado 80113-2423Phone - (303) 761-1770
I have never done business with The Violet Showcase
but they do have a nice selection of supplies.
Tornoto African Violet Society
Click to see what
this society is doing, they do have some nice pictures of the show, check them out.
Upper Pinellas African Violet Society, Inc.
This is an African
Violet Club out of Clearwater Florida that has a very nicely done website.
Just For Fun
Oklahoma Avicultural Society
Yes, I also keep birds and belong to
the Oklahoma Avicultural Society. Plus I am also their webmaster.
DeShane Kennels
If you are ever in the
Tulsa, Oklahoma and need your pet boarded give Mary a call. Another website that I am webmaster of and she was the only that really peaked
my interest in African violets.
Rex Dibley Nursery
This is a gentleman from Europe and
therefore we can not really order from him. He however does have a highly recommended book on Streptocarpus that we can order from him. He
also has some neat information on streps.
Streptocarpus
This lady has an amazing collection of streptocarpus photographs, and good general basic
information on growing streptocarpus.
These next two links are just a couple of links that I ran across while surfing. I have not done any business with them. A to Z Supply has some rather nice looking PVC fittings that would make a very nice looking plant stand.
PVC Plans
They seemed to have a selection of plans for items
made out of PVC pipe.
A to Z Supply
This firm carries a wide selection of different
styles of PVC fittings.
The Welders Lens
I have decided it is time to learn welding. After do some googling I came up with this website that has the information that I
want to become a welder.
