I've never had success with growing this species as a houseplant. It seems to want more humidity than I can provide, and more regular wat...Read Moreering.
In my climate, this is a good plant for a terrarium or for summer bedding in shade. (Boston Z6a)
I've tried my hand at these a couple of times, and each time I don't do too well. I have a lot of African Violets which only require wat...Read Moreer about once a week (or until they droop a little). These plants can't be on that schedule because they need more water...so, I end up under-watering and they get crispy. I think it's more me than the plant, but I don't have the best luck with these.
I found a nice specimen of this plant yesterday at a local nursery. The newer leaves on it were what to my eye looks like sunburn. That...Read More is the leaves had some areas that were basically white with no coloration. I am waiting to see what the newer leaves look like once they have grown im my conditions.
Judging from the previous posters' references to "fainting" I think that it is too much light; at least I hope so! I'd like my plant to "straighten up and fly right"!
Mine will be grown in a terrarium, where it should be right at home. I do know that the roots are very delicate and fibrous and need to have a very friable soil in which to spread and grow.
This is a nice plant to have if you don't mind a plant you need to keep "moist" and pretty much babysit. I had mine "faint" on me one ti...Read Moreme too many--the last time it did NOT recover! Also they do become scraggly if not maintained. Very pretty, but not a plant for a busy person.
I bought mine at the NY Botanical Gardens for a reasonable price. It has "fainted" on me many times, despite my best efforts to water be...Read Morefore it gets to this stage. Heavy sun causes fainting, and I have found this plant does best for me in medium light. I have it 8 feet back from a partially obstructed south window; my only complaint is that it is growing in a sort of a big raggedy mess - I should probably prune. I water 2-3 times a week, even now in winter. Mine is dark green with white veins and small leaves, very lovely. I recently picked up a much smaller one in a 4" pot with larger leaves but the same coloring - it is doing very well, and I plan to buy a few more soon. Not a good plant if you don't like to water frequently.
I'm a newbie at keeping plants (I'm a struggling-to-recover gangrene thumb!) and my fittonia is growing under filtered flourescent light ...Read Moreat the office.
I got this plant in May at Home Depot but it's only been in the last 2 weeks that I've been taking better care of it, misting it several times a day to get the humidity levels up.
After looking at the photos on this site, I noticed that my leaves aren't nice and flat, most are curling in around the edges.
Am I doing something wrong? I think the leaves have more or less been this way since I first got the plant.
I love this beautiful little plant! One issue-- for some reason mine has a much more flattened, sprawling form than any in the photos. ...Read MoreIt looks like it wants to either climb or spread out as a ground cover, which is a problem since it's in a pot on my desk!
There are around 15 varieties of this plant available now, some having beautiful pink veined leaves. I have a lovely 'Juanita' specimen ...Read Morewhich I inherited from a work colleague. She'd had 2 weeks vacation during which time her co-workers hadn't watered it and it was literally 3 sticks stuck in the soil. Now it is flourishing.
Moist being the operative word. They are nice and lush-looking as long as they're happy. If they get even a bit dried out they tend to ...Read More"faint" though. Luckily, if you catch it fainting a bit of water restores it straight away. I got mine half price at the hardware store because it was totally limp in the pot. I could tell it was fine because the leaves were all still a lovely dark green.
It spruced up magnificently and I now keep it in a violet pot. Those kind of pots give it adequate moisture (most of the time) without making it soggy.
These easy to grow tropicals make for a little interest in ground cover. Easily propagated, they are deffinatly a conversation piece in a...Read Moreny garden. I have both varieties of this plant which are red or green leaves. I use mine as ground cover for spring through summer. Not being hardy, I winter them in the greenhouse. Placed in pots it makes a wonderful house plant, if kept moist and in medium light
I've never had success with growing this species as a houseplant. It seems to want more humidity than I can provide, and more regular wat...Read More
I've tried my hand at these a couple of times, and each time I don't do too well. I have a lot of African Violets which only require wat...Read More
I found a nice specimen of this plant yesterday at a local nursery. The newer leaves on it were what to my eye looks like sunburn. That...Read More
This is a nice plant to have if you don't mind a plant you need to keep "moist" and pretty much babysit. I had mine "faint" on me one ti...Read More
I bought mine at the NY Botanical Gardens for a reasonable price. It has "fainted" on me many times, despite my best efforts to water be...Read More
I'm a newbie at keeping plants (I'm a struggling-to-recover gangrene thumb!) and my fittonia is growing under filtered flourescent light ...Read More
I love this beautiful little plant! One issue-- for some reason mine has a much more flattened, sprawling form than any in the photos. ...Read More
There are around 15 varieties of this plant available now, some having beautiful pink veined leaves. I have a lovely 'Juanita' specimen ...Read More
Of the various varieties 'argyroneura' is silver-veined.
Moist being the operative word. They are nice and lush-looking as long as they're happy. If they get even a bit dried out they tend to ...Read More
These easy to grow tropicals make for a little interest in ground cover. Easily propagated, they are deffinatly a conversation piece in a...Read More