African Violets and Gesneriads: anyone getting their columnea to bloom well?, 1 by Snowrose

Snowrose wrote:
That is a most unique and interesting flower, keyring. I love the patterning and larger size. Lava Flow is supposed to be a compact grower? If so, that is good where space is an issue as it seems to be for most of us.

The only columnea I have right now is the variegated Light Prince too, cjolene. I had it growing upstairs in natural light and found it got a bit stringy. So, I made three pots of cuttings and tossed the rest. They are under lights now in my downstairs plant room and look so much better. The fuzzy red stems are redder and the variegation seems to look crisper. Rooting is so fast and easy on this one. The stems actually had some arial roots forming already. I stuck the cuttings in a wicked pot and covered with a baggie.

Here's a pic of the cuttings starting to grow quickly now