Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Partial or Dappled Shade |
Water Preferences: | Mesic |
Leaves: | Evergreen |
Fruit: | Pops open explosively when ripe |
Flowers: | Showy |
Flower Time: | Spring Late spring or early summer |
Suitable Locations: | Houseplant |
Uses: | Cut Flower |
Toxicity: | Other: Not poisonous |
Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Cane Division |
Containers: | Suitable for hanging baskets Needs repotting every 2 to 3 years Needs excellent drainage in pots |
Miscellaneous: | Epiphytic |
piksihk | On January 5, 2024 | Cuttings took Stalks placed on moss; |
piksihk | On November 27, 2023 | Bloomed Blooms! |
piksihk | On November 14, 2023 | Bloomed Buds on two stalks |
piksihk | On January 17, 2020 | Miscellaneous Event This have not bloom since 2015; It did send out new leaves this year |
piksihk | On August 19, 2015 | Miscellaneous Event blooms final died off |
piksihk | On July 1, 2015 | Bloomed Fuchsia color; From Angelina from puerto rico |