>> Some hybrids just don't like my growing conditions and I let them go, but by and large no trouble (I am one of *those people* with named hybrid plants and *collection goals*).<<

If collecting plants makes you happy, go for it.

I am more haphazard with both houseplants and garden plants. But then again, I have Gaia throwing random things into my yard that I don't have to pay for. Cup plants. Elderberries. Wild grape vines. :D

>>My mom was reading her great-aunt's journals and found that she had grown African violets exclusively. Mom remembers the house having lots of plants, but she was a little kid and didn't remember/know what they were.<<

Aww. That's a sweet story.

My grandmother grew African violets, but she was the only person we knew who could do that. Sadly none of them survived her by more than a month.