I go to Dominican Republic in september 2007 and I'd like to know if there are violets in that Island, which ones and if you know a nursery there ?
I'd like so much to bring back a tropical violet !!!! Am I dreaming ? Please, tell me no ;o)
If anyone of you can give me information or clues to find some....:-)))

Best regards :-)
Thierry.

PS: here's a pic of a really gorgeous one, viola stipularis in Costa Rica, enjoy :-)

Have a look at the following article :

Phenetic analysis shows conspecificity between Hispaniolan Viola domingensis Urban and North American Viola macloskeyi sensu lato (Violaceae)
BALLARD Harvey E. , CASAMATTA Dale A. , HALL Melissa M. , MCCAULEY Ross A. , SEGOVIA-SALCEDO Maria Claudia , VERB Robert G.
Brittonia. [ Brittonia. ] , 2001 , vol. 53 , no 1 , pp. 122 - 136

Abstract: Phenetic investigations were undertaken to evaluate differences between the cloud forest endemic Viola domingensis of the Dominican Republic and the morphologically similar V. macloskeyi of continental North America. Cluster, principal components (PCA), and canonical variates analyses (CVA) of leaf characters and of ratios derived from them consistently separate V. macloskeyi subsp. macloskeyi of the Pacific states from V. domingensis and transcontinental V. macloskeyi subsp. pallens. However, all analyses portray the latter two as extensively intergradient extremes of a continuum, with V. domingensis plants tending to be smaller. Phenetic analyses of capsule and seed features, which are often divergent among other species of subsect. Stolonosae, show V. domingensis to be nested within a broader V. macloskeyi subsp. pollens. Similarly, floral morphology does not provide observable differences between the pair. Results support the synonymy of V. domingensis under V. macloskeyi subsp. pallens and reveal that it represents a disjunct outlier of an otherwise continental North American violet.

Best regards
Denis

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Trop fort le Denis (U the best): merci (thx) pour les infos :-)

All the best :-)
Thierry.

Je m'appelle Patricia - je demeure au Canada. J'ai des amis à Strasbourg.

En français: j'adore !! :-)) Merci, cela fait plaisir :-)
Not yet Patricia, I go there in september but 2007 :-)
I wish I could bring back a tropical violet ! Let's dream :-)

All the best :-) Cordialement :-)
Thierry.