African Violets and Gesneriads: September Blooms, Part 2, 0 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
Gail, I got the first A. micranthus from Home Depot a couple of years ago ... labeled as variegated lipstick plant but had no variegation in the foliage. I guess it needed to grow a bit and needed more light because the variegation finally showed up. The second one I got at Wal-Mart. They are both Exotic Angel plants.

I was at a local Wal-Mart last week and they had some large baskets of what looked to be identical to mine, not exotic angel plants but from some other Florida nursery ... the label just said lipstick vine. Great price too at $8.97 but even though it was tempting, I just have no room for anymore plants.

I have two Black Pagoda Lipstick's too ... both of those are the EA plants too. I have cuttings growing in water in my kitchen window and they had blooms last week. I was surprised to see a plant growing in water with blooms but the flowers on the BP aren't really pretty ... they blend right in with the foliage and aren't really noticeable. I guess the BP's foliage makes up for the lack of a pretty bloom though.