The violet was first discovered by the German governor of the German colony in East Africa, in the region of Uzambara mountains in 1892. Avoiding the heat, strolling with their companion, they turned into the forest, where there was a good shadow. There he saw beautiful flowers.
He sent the seeds home to his father Ulrich Saint-Paul, who was fond of floriculture and collecting orchids. He passed the seeds to his friend - the director of the botanical garden. Herman Wendland gave the name to the violet in honor of the family of Saint-Paul, and thus the plant was named "Saintpaulia".
Acquaintance of the world with Saintpaulia
In 1893, the senpolia was presented at the international exhibition of gardeners; its description was published by the Gartenflora magazine. Since then, this plant has become a common perennial indoor flower in Europe, and a little later around the world. Violet came to the territory of Russia in the XX century, and began its path of distribution from the Leningrad Botanical Garden.
The senpolia received its second name in honor of the place of her birth, "Uzumbar violet." This name is often found in everyday life. One of the most beautiful and unusual species of the Uzumbar variety is violet chateau brion.
Conditions of detention
Violet can grow both in the light and in the semi-shaded corners of the house. Most often, of course, you can find violets on the windowsill. But do not forget about the main rule of keeping the senpolis, which is to provide a large amount of light, but not the sun.
It is worth remembering that the plant does not like drying out, which means that it needs regular watering. But in no case should you spray the petals, this will lead to the death of the plant.
The temperature regime for violets is just as important as watering. The necessary temperature favorable for the growth of senpolia is 22-25 ° C during the day and up to 19 ° C at night.
To provide better care and good living conditions, violets need organic and mineral fertilizers.
Like any houseplant, violet needs constant care, because in addition to various diseases, the plant can be attacked by pests. The most dangerous for the senpolia are thrips. They can go into the soil, can be on the leaves of a flower. When they appear, timely treatment of the plant with special preparations is necessary.
The propagation of the senpolia
Propagated by violet chateau brion, like all varieties of violets, cuttings and seeds. Most often they are cut. The most favorable time for this is, of course, spring.
Although for breeders and experienced gardeners, the time of year does not matter. Before breaking the stem from an adult plant, it is necessary to water the flower itself. Then, having broken off the leaf, it is lowered into the water and the violet stalk is kept on the windowsill or shelving until the roots hatch. After which the stalk is simply planted in the ground.
From seeds, plants grow stronger. But for germination of seeds special conditions are necessary (temperature, humidity, lighting).
Racks for growing and breeding
Racks for violets are used often enough, especially if there are a lot of plants. For the senpolia, shelves are needed, the sizes of which must be selected according to the possibility of placing lighting lamps. For example, a shelf up to 40 cm wide can be illuminated with a single lamp, and having more than 40 cm, this amount of lighting will no longer be enough.
Shelvings for violets are very convenient in operation, there you can not only contain plants, but also breed new young ones. Now there are no problems with the choice of shelving. There is an opportunity to buy ready-made, assembled or made to order sizes, you can also order parts and assemble it yourself.
Everything will depend on the number of plants placed on it. And, of course, you need to remember about the proper lighting on the shelves of the rack.
Violet chateau brion: description
There are a huge number of senpolis, many of them are very similar. So, violet chateau brion, the description of which we offer to your attention, will decorate any windowsill and shelving. Flowering of this type of plant is plentiful, cap-like.
This plant has powerful peduncles, they are erect, dense, pubescent and are always located vertically. The leaf is deep green, slightly elongated and slightly wavy. The flower itself is terry, toward the edge the petals are noticeably thickened, and have a light green or white color. The shape of the flower is round - about 6 cm in diameter. One of the distinguishing features of this variety is the color of the plant, namely dark wine-ruby flowers with a dense wavy border of white or greenish color along the corrugated edge of the petal. The flower outlet looks like a pompom and blooms profusely and for a long time.
The described violets are quite unpretentious and tenacious - this variety does not require special, exclusive care. It is necessary to contain the flower in the same way as other varieties of Uzumbar violets.
A bit about the creator of the variety
Violet chateau brion is a variety bred by Elena Lebetskoy. She is a representative of breeders of Ukraine, lives in Vinnitsa and has been breeding new varieties since 2000. All flowers obtained as a result of Lebetskaya selection in the name have the prefix “LE”, such as violet le château brion.
By the way, until that time, Elena was engaged in collecting plants and the usual cultivation of violets. But, to date, she has on her account about 250 varieties of Uzumbar violets bred by her. And each of them is unique and striking in its beauty to thousands of lovers of this beautiful indoor flower.