
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Bloom colours
rose, white, magenta
What actually matters with this one
Concertina-pleated leaves mean it dried out. It wants cool, shaded, permanently damp roots — never a sunny sill.
How to grow it
- Light
- shade
- Water
- Never let it dry out
- Hardiness
- Indoors
- Height
- 40 cm
- Flowers
- Spring to summer
- Difficulty
- moderate
Plant it alongside
Relatives and plants that want the same conditions.



