ACHIMENES 
These are part way between African violets and gloxinias, of the same 
family. Have a wider color range than Africans, flowers smaller than 
gloxinias. Native of Central America and first reported from Jamaica in 
1756. Common names are Cupid’s Bower, Widow’s Tears, Monkey-faced 
Pansies, etc., but let’s go along with Ah-kim-e-neez from the Greek. 
“Achimenes have especially beautiful clusters of horn-of-plenty 
shaped flowers in shades of white, rose, crimson, orange, blue, and 
purple, with eye of contrasting color.” 
In the sub-tropics they naturalize under trees, shrubs, and in shady nooks. 
The very small tubers are tender and form on the roots of the old plant 
which dies down in the Fall. Plant three tubers to a 4” pot in a saintpaulia 
soil mixture. Cultural directions sent with shipment. 
Sold in units of 3 and 12. Minimum shipment $3. Postpaid. 
Number You Want 
.... Royal Purple—Doge purple, early blooming, free flowering 
....Patens—purple, red undertone; foliage veined dark red 
....Andersoni—azure blue, light green foliage; trailing type 
....Loveliness—rich violet, small dainty leaves, medium blooms 
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...Dainty Queen—white with lavender eye; large flowers 
.. .Maduna—rose-purple, white center; leaves veined red 
.. Mme. Geheune—purple brushed rose; handsome bronzy-red leaves 
. .Atropurpurea—Burgundy; Nile green foliage 
...Nessida—amethyst violet with cadmium orange center 
... Verschaffeltii—orchid-tinted white, petals veined purple. Trailing 
...Cattleya—-orchid shading to creamy lavender; large flowers 
.. .Masterpiece—olive-bronze toothed foliage; medium purple blooms 
.. .Lady Littleton—rosy-mauve, orange dotted throat; slipper type bloom 
.. .Fran Cardinalis—most dwarf; blue and white slipper flowers 
..Mme Georges—rich indigo; red-green foliage; trailing 
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... Vivid—cerise-lake flowers; Hunter green foliage 
.. .Big Boy Blue—deep blue with orange throat; large flowers 
.. .Miniata—dusky carmine with yellowish throat; trailing 
...Master Ingram—cherry-red shading to velvety maroon 
..Magnificum—hyacinth blue; flowers to three inch diameter 
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.... Little Beauty—shell pink shaded to rose; dark red foliage 
....Wenusta—Tyrian purple, semi-double with rosebud center 
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For “Home Growers” 
I believe these can be propagated from leaf cuttings like African violets. 
A couple blooming in a 33” pot should be an unusual, and good, item bring- 
ing as much as Africans. 
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