NASA Area African Violet Society

NASA Area African Violet Society African Violet Society located in the NASA - Johnson Space Center Area. We are an African violet club located in the Houston/Clear Lake, Texas area.

We enjoy helping beginners and seasoned growers. We are a violet club dedicated to the enjoyment of any aspect relating to the growing, showing and appreciation of African Violets and other Gesneriads. Our monthly meetings center around education, friendship, and acquiring more registered and named African violets and the other Gesneriads. We love to trade plants and leaves. We meet on the second

Tuesday of each month at 6:30PM. We meet once a month on the 4th Tuesday at Bay Harbor United Methodist Church, 3459 east 518 E. in League City, TX. Guests are always welcome. we have interesting and educational programs at each meeting and a raffle for plants, cuttings, and or supplies.

Find us at our booth this weekend at the Bay Area Swap and Shop!
04/03/2026

Find us at our booth this weekend at the Bay Area Swap and Shop!

A couple of Blooming African Violets, give me so much joy in the morning!
02/21/2026

A couple of Blooming African Violets, give me so much joy in the morning!

Just a reminder for those that may be interested in growing African violets, Streptocarpus and related indoor bloomers, ...
02/17/2026

Just a reminder for those that may be interested in growing African violets, Streptocarpus and related indoor bloomers, our monthly meeting is next Tuesday at 6:30.

Bay Harbour United Methodist Church
3459 E FM 518, League city.

We would love to have you as a guest.
We have informational Programs, monthly raffles for plants and cuttings, friendly members ready and willing to share their lknowledge.

NASA Area African Violet Society is having a meeting tomorrow and if you’re interested in these beautiful plants come vi...
11/17/2025

NASA Area African Violet Society is having a meeting tomorrow and if you’re interested in these beautiful plants come visit our meeting.
BayHarbour United Methodist Church, 3459 E Fm 518, League City.

1. How do you pronounce this word?Guess- nare-ee -ad, or you may say Jess-nare -ee-add.2. What plants are in this family...
06/06/2025

1. How do you pronounce this word?

Guess- nare-ee -ad, or you may say Jess-nare -ee-add.

2. What plants are in this family might You be familiar with?

Gloxinia, African Violet, Episcia, primulina and more.

3. Where do these plants like to grow?
In dappled light ,in temperatures 65-80. Same as you, if you’re comfortable so are they.

4. When do they bloom?
Pretty much year round. It’s wonderful to have cheerful blooms in the middle of winter.

5. Where can you find out more about these wonderful plants?
At a meeting of the NASA Area African Violet Society, every 4th Tuesday evening at 6:30. Bay Harbour Methodist Church, 3459 FM 518 E. , League City, TX, 77573. Hope to see you there. New African Violet Friends always welcome!

This is “Red Mount Fuji”. An African Violet with a different kind of a bloom, it is called a Chimera blossom and relativ...
06/05/2025

This is “Red Mount Fuji”. An African Violet with a different kind of a bloom, it is called a Chimera blossom and relatively rare. It cannot be propagated by leaves like most African Violets , but by propagation of a sucker or a bloomstalk is the only way to make it bloom true.
Isn’t she lovely?

Streptocarpus DEM Jellyfish! Fabulous year round bloomer. Learn about this and many more plants in this family. Our meet...
06/04/2025

Streptocarpus DEM Jellyfish! Fabulous year round bloomer. Learn about this and many more plants in this family. Our meet are held on the 4th Tuesday of each month in League City.
6:30
Bay Harbour United Methodist Church
3459 FM 518 E, League City.
Guests always welcome!

This is a cousin of the African Violet, , a Streptocarpus. This variety is called Little Kan. Streptocarpus grow in the ...
06/04/2025

This is a cousin of the African Violet, , a Streptocarpus. This variety is called Little Kan.
Streptocarpus grow in the same conditions, meaning light, soil, fertilizer , as African Violets!

Join us this Tuesday at our March meeting! We’ll be covering the different leaf shapes and blossom types with member ill...
03/23/2025

Join us this Tuesday at our March meeting! We’ll be covering the different leaf shapes and blossom types with member illustrated examples in a presentation. And, we always have a raffle where we share leaves and plants. We’d love for you to come-open to all guests! Comment with questions or interest.

African Violet History and Backstory!The best way to understand how to care for a plant is to find out how they exist in...
03/20/2025

African Violet History and Backstory!

The best way to understand how to care for a plant is to find out how they exist in their native habitat. African violets, or saintpaulia spp. are a collection of flowering plants that grow in the mountain rages of Tanzania and Kenya. They naturally grow in tiny rock pockets in tropical forests with high humidity and cloud cover.

This is why African Violets do best in small pots! They do not need much root space in order to live and bloom.

Baron Walter von Saint Paul, serving as the district governer of what is present day Tanzania discovered the flowering plant in the Usumbara Mountains🏔️He initially shared the plant with his father, who shared it with the director of the Royal Botanic Gardens of Germany.

More and more people began sharing and studying them, and many different classifications and debates on the number of species that exist took place.

They are now beloved houseplants by thousands of people and are widley traded, cultivated and hybridized. Their existence in their native range is threatened due to agricultural developments and other environmental stress, but there are conservation efforts underway.

Does anyone know any fun facts about the original species form saintpaulia varieties? 🌸Let us know.

Photo credits:
1. Saintpaulia teitensis, pictured in Kayna 1997. Photographer Charlotte Lindqvist
2. Native ranges of African Violets map. Credit African Violet Society of America Inc.
3. Credit Gerard D. Hertel, Bugwood.org
4. Informative credit given to “Growing to Show” by Pauline Bartholomew and The AVSA Inc.

Let’s talk Chimera African Violets! Chimeras are a unique and highly sought-after variety of African violets that show p...
03/06/2025

Let’s talk Chimera African Violets!

Chimeras are a unique and highly sought-after variety of African violets that show pinwheel or striped color patterns in their flowers. This is due to a genetic mutation that results in layers of genetically different cells in the plant, which affects coloring in the petals. The mutation also prevents them from producing true chimera offspring through traditional propagation methods like leaf cuttings.

To propagate these, the easiest way is usually via suckers. Suckers are baby violets that grow along the mother stem of your plant.

You’ll want to remove them anyway to protect the symmetry of your violet, but you can also use this as a benefit to have duplicates in your collection or in the case of chimeras, have extras of rare and sought after violets.

There are other methods like bloom stalk propagation (rooting the flower stems themselves) and crown propagation, but those require a little more patience and experience.

Here are some chimeras grown by our members!
1. Red Mt. Fuji
2. Jere’s Starburst
3. Jere’s Roll Tide

11/17/2024

Guests Welcomed!
Meeting Tuesday, 11/19 6:30 social
7:00 meeting
Bay Harbour United Methodist Church. League City

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Nassau Bay, TX
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