Re: wrong ID - Streptocarpus?
Diane, I have three hanging pots of what I believe is Streptocarpus
caulescens. It has the purple/blue flowers. I have trouble keeping the
leaves of two of them dark green; after applications of water and
fertiliser one is now much better and flowering better too, but the
other, in a rather small pot, remains light-green. I think it has to do
with water and perhaps fertiliser. They also seem to prefer not too much
strong sun (such as we get here under the ozone hole).
Beverly
Diane Whitehead wrote:
> That hovering, butterfly-like flower reminded me of a plant I saw
> years ago, Streptocarpus saxorum, with dark green leaves and pale
> true blue flowers. I checked it at various sites online, and I think
> I have a form of it. Or maybe somehow I've starved and dried it so
> that the leaves are yellow and the flowers purple. One houseplant
> site says it should be watered often. Mine were outside in the sun
> in small pots so could have dried. Since I have two, I will
> fertilize one and keep it moister than the other, and see if I can
> get it to look like the plant I remember.
>
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