The better-half had a great aunt named Aunt Annie. She was a single lady and carried a cane in her later days. She liked to play cards and would call people Chap. She was quite a character and had a green thumb.
She grew the plant pictured below and rooted a piece for the MIL. The MIL had it for years. Aunt Annie died before the better-half was a teenager so this plant is no spring chicken.
The plant languished at the MIL’s house for ages. This winter we rescued it, gave it a new pot, new soil, food and a prime spot in our kitchen window. Dang, if Aunt Annie (that’s the plant’s name, of course) didn’t decide she liked it at our house and decided to bloom. I’m sure she knows the better-half is around.
No one in the better-half’s family knows what type of plant this is…anyone out there know?
Update: The internet is awesome. Someone from Canada on Plantcare.com identified the plant. It is in the Streptocarpus family which are related to African violets. The years old mystery is solved.