Dwarf African Violet flowers

I know you all have heard of dwarf african violet plants, ones that have smaller leaves and dont grow as large but have normal flowers. I just found an african violet being sold with dwarf sized flowers but normal sized leaves! The flowers are smaller than my thumbnail! Any idea what is the cause, could this be a genetic mutation that gave this plant dwarf flowers? Whatever the cause it's the only african violet I have seen with this condition and im wondering how valuable it would be as far as if it is cross bred with dwarf plants to make both dwarf leaves and flowers, a truly mini african violet.

Here is an updated photo, as you can see all the flowers are tiny. Can anyone explain why this plant has dwarf flowers?

I can only guess.The parents may have been small flowered.It could have a mini or a trailer background.Flower size varies from tiny to huge.

Keith, I have a mini-african violet with small leaves and small flowers. Ive had it for 15 to 20 years and it is quite hardy. The first photo is of the mini violet and the second is of regular size violet. Third photo is the two foliages side by side in same photo for comparison.

As Lynn says, flower size varies. I posted pics of some trailers not long ago. Those blooms are tiny but normal due to genetics. Right now I am up to my eyeballs with our garden and I have neglected my plants for the past month or so. I noticed a couple of A.V.s that in my opinion were blooming abnormally smaller than usual probably due to inconsistency in care while I am working up vegetables. There are lots of variables as to the reasoning for small blooms. Some of mine are genetics, others are from neglect right now. Anybody's guess.

Nice plants Steadycam ::))

Connie

Oh, no...I was using MY neglect, not yours as another possibility for cause . along with genetics. Just using my example of neglect for my smaller than usual blooms while I put up food for the winter. Gotta eat ::)) Take a look at Botanica.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wondertwinjayna/2316354258/

It is caused by a mutation in it's genes. I used to have it a few years ago.

I wish you luck with your endeavor for future plant :)

Connie

a very good site to go to to see attributes of Violets is Optimara