Tropicals & Tender Perennials: What is this!, 1 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
CL has lots of faces. I'm confident that a lot more light will get the colors and details you are wanting. I wish I could show you lots of examples of the same plant growing under different light conditions and what a difference it makes but that would mean a lot of posts.

For example: B. valida takes on a plain green look indoors but outdoors it gets some pinkish, almost variegated look to some of its leaves. B. 'Silvermist' gets huge leaves with lots of silver in deep shade and doesn't bloom but if exposed to a few hours of sun each day during the growing season the silver streaks become very diminished but it blooms with total abandon.

Another one to consider that is very similar to CL is 'Wild Pony'.

The above picture was Dec 24 under shop lights. This one is from 3 months earlier (Sep 24) before moving indoors.