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Rita's Plant

comments (5) June 19th, 2009 in gallery

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Rita said her mom had this plant originally.  She gave cuttings to some of her friends and none of us can identify it.

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Lunaria writes: I have had a purple one and a pink one for several years. It is Achimenes. It is a "summer" house plant for me that I put out on my balcony. In the fall, I let it die back and it's little tubers "sleep" in the same pot in my kitchen pantry all winter. In the spring...usually in April... I pull it out of the pantry, move it into the light, and start watering it. It blooms in late August/early September for about 4 weeks. Since the little tubers increase yearly, it bears repotting every couple of years. You can "divide" an existing pot as soon as the little plants start to grow and inch or so. I love to give little starts away because so few people seem to have it....it is kind of old-fashioned. Posted: 8:50 pm on September 9th
stepheagle07 writes: Achimenes, yes, you can sometimes purchase these at a floral shop the neat thing is in the Southern States it will survive outdoors.
For those in the Northern half of the country it is a great house plant for like your 4 season room or a sunny room that like to have plant grow really BIG. Posted: 3:10 pm on August 17th
annierooney writes: this is an achimenes. I wrote another comment but I do not think it went. Posted: 9:53 pm on June 29th
annierooney writes: this is an achimenes. it is in the gesneriad family, the same family as african violets and gloxinia. i have had the old time purple ones as well as pink, blue, and white large flowered ones also yellow, red, and white small flowered. also,I have episcia which is a gesneriad. i hope this is helpful. oh, by the way, the small tubers from which the achinenes grow, multiplies each year. they are not cold hardy, coming from the tropics. I eventually ran out of places to put them. I lost all mine a few years ago. Posted: 9:50 pm on June 29th
sbbmaine writes: This looks like Browallia to me (in annual in my neck of the woods) ..

Here's a bit more info:

SPECIES. Browallia speciosa (major) grows about 18 inches tall as usually grown in pots. The flowers are violet blue, 11/2 inches to 2 inches across.

Browallia elata (demissa) (americana) also has violet-blue flowers but they are about half the size of the above species Posted: 10:35 am on June 29th
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