African Violets and Gesneriads: ID if possible, 1 by Snowrose

Snowrose wrote:
threegardeners - nice columnea whatever the cultivar.

Gessiegail - doing great! Adding cuttings will give you a nice big basket before long. And the stems you take cuttings from will be improved also.

Pruning only makes Light Prince better. In fact any columnea cuttings if left to just grow will become long and stringy. Pruning early is beneficial.

Here's an example of a small pot planted with 5 tip cuttings. If left un-pruned, they would have grown long stems and been overall unattractive. You can see that by pruning early, the cuttings have branched and are making side growth. In the end, early pruning makes for a much better plant.

Lin - Hope you like yours when you get it and I think you will. Mine seems to thrive with warmth and humidity so should be good for you in Florida.