African Violets and Gesneriads: Bare at top Columnea schiedeana, 0 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
I too have had this same problem with Columnea. I thought I read somewhere that you needed to constantly prune them back for blooms because they bloom on new growth only but I may be thinking of some other plant. I only have one Columnea that seems to be doing well and that is C. 'Carnival'. It is blooming like crazy and seems to be happy. Maybe I should move the others to this location to see if they will improve.

I googled and can't really find much telling why they lose the leaves along the stems like that. I found this info at Logee's website: http://www.logees.com/ftg/CULTURAL-columnea.asp

Here's a picture I just went out and took of 'Carnival'