Hello everyone. I happen to do some experimenting with my african violets. I did tried to put some leaves last January 24, 2012 and know what? ...my growing medium is the bathroom tissue paper... After a month and 18days here are the leaves i have planted in my tissue paper medium....

I cant believe it will grow...see the plantlets at the base of the leaf?? Im happy to know that they like to grow on soft papers..hahaha...

Here are some tips on how to grow these amazing plants in a tropical country.
          Select the coolest part of your house. If you live in a tropical country like mine, the Philippines, put your AV collection in eastern part of your house which receives only 2 to 3 hours of morning sun. From 7 in the morning till 9 in the morning would be fine for these kind of plants. Be sure that african violet get a lot of indirect sun the whole day. Or you can also get western part of you house the receives light from 4 to 5 in the afternoon or bright window of indirect sunlight.
         You can also use the coolest part of your backyard.What i did,  i just use a celluloid plastic as roofing for my African Violets which are stationed near a tree or near the concrete fence in our home. The celluloid plastics protects my plants from heavy rains and from direct sunlight.
        You can now grow AV under flourescent lamps
        Water your AV when you see that the top most soil is dry . In my case, that i live in a tropical country, i usually don't know where to buy those special soil for these plants. I just use saw dust taken from a saw mill or  rice howls that are 4months old enough to hold moisture.
        Propagation can be done through leaf cuttings and seeds that you can order it online.

My new African Violet Collections

I came across an African Violet with seeds...

 Last November 2011 I happen to see one of my African Violets having a seed pods.. I counted them and i got 30 pods all in all...I waited the seeds to mature and when i saw it begin to wilt i pull it off from the mother plan and hang it dry in the air... having thought that i can propagate through these seeds

 December 6, 2011 i sow the seeds i got from my own plant and see i have germinated all of them...

These seedling will be 3 months old this coming March 6, 2012...I have transplanted 100 more or less seedlings from the seed i have germinated that came from my own plant.. As of now i am so excited what will be the color of the flower from these seedlings of mine..Ill keep you posted  of these new plants of mine.

My African Violets before...

My African Violet stand in our backyard. I just cover it with a clear plastic as a roofing to protect my plants from direct sunlight and rain.