Ok so this babe is not exactly *new* in the sense that I received it as a gift back in May of last year. However, realizing I had not made a post a.) in quite some time and b.) about this plant ever, now is as good a time as ever to release it to the blog-o-sphere!
I can't find any photos of this plant over the summer when it had quite a few blooms in progress. I anticipate that in spring the blooms will return. You can see one is already shaping here:
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| A developing spathe and flower in morning daylight. |
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| With some artificial light. |
Most of what I have learned about this plant thus far comes from
thefloweringexpert and
ourhouseplants. In general, my approach is to keep it on my west-facing window sill in the winter months, then move it back to the kitchen table in the summer months. I water all of my plants to some degree at least once a week, which seems to be working out fine for this one. There is only some damage to it, which you can see in the second image, some browning of a leaf. All of the other leaves seem fine, though. I'm not sure when the browning occurred, maybe it was getting too much direct sunlight in the summer, or perhaps I missed it in some of my weekly waterings.
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| The base of the plant appears similar to an orchid. |
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| One leaf with some brown damage. |
I'm looking forward to this blooming again at which point I will post some photos of the lovely waxy, bright red spathes!
