Comments on: Decorate indoors with Sinningia speciosa (Florist’s Gloxinia) http://www.jaycjayc.com/sinningia-speciosa-florist-gloxinia/ WELCOME TO OUR TROPICAL GARDEN where amazing flora & fauna abound! Praise and thank God! Do explore our garden resource, plants database & encyclopedia, plus captivating photo galleries of nature in Malaysia. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:13:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jacqueline http://www.jaycjayc.com/sinningia-speciosa-florist-gloxinia/#comment-19211 Jacqueline Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:37:05 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/?p=412#comment-19211 We've yet to bring this beauty home for fear of killing it too soon and get our bucks burnt...haha! But thanks all the same, James, we'd need those wishes when we do start growing one, seems a tough nut to crack! I almost bought a pot of purple Gloxinia last week, but knowing my weakness for overwatering I opted for a pot of Kalanchoe 'Tessa' instead. Nevertheless, I know that I'd surely succumb to its magnetic beauty and get one soon! ;) We’ve yet to bring this beauty home for fear of killing it too soon and get our bucks burnt…haha! But thanks all the same, James, we’d need those wishes when we do start growing one, seems a tough nut to crack!

I almost bought a pot of purple Gloxinia last week, but knowing my weakness for overwatering I opted for a pot of Kalanchoe ‘Tessa’ instead. Nevertheless, I know that I’d surely succumb to its magnetic beauty and get one soon! ;)

]]> By: james http://www.jaycjayc.com/sinningia-speciosa-florist-gloxinia/#comment-19166 james Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:31:15 +0000 http://www.jaycjayc.com/?p=412#comment-19166 It is truly a beautiful plant. I had overwatered it and the whole thing turned yellow and rotted. This one is a real challenge for me as I had failed twice. The rainy days didn't help either, as water seemed to be the no.1 killer for this plant. Since my garden is very much in the shaded area, it had added the contributing factor of wet soil and the drying effect takes much longer than expected. Good luck and hope you get many many blooms from this plant. It is truly a beautiful plant. I had overwatered it and the whole thing turned yellow and rotted.
This one is a real challenge for me as I had failed twice. The rainy days didn’t help either, as water seemed to be the no.1 killer for this plant.
Since my garden is very much in the shaded area, it had added the contributing factor of wet soil and the drying effect takes much longer than expected.

Good luck and hope you get many many blooms from this plant.

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