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Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Gloxinia sylvatica, 1 by bsimpson1972

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bsimpson1972 wrote:
Hey there!

The plant that you are talking about has been transferred to a new genus a while ago and is now Seemannia sylvatica. It's a rhizomatous relative if the African Violet and, if given some moist mix, a semi shady and warm spot, will do great outdoors in Summer.

The plant propagateseasily by seed, cuttings, runners and rhizomes and as soon as the weather gets warmer, I can certainly send you a piece. :)

This is how the clone that I'm growing looks like: