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angie Lexington, KY(Zone 6A) Sep 30, 2001

I have a book called "Taylor's Guide to Houseplants" and it has a picture of a plant called a goldfish plant (columnea hirta). The blooms are orange and look like goldfish jumping. I love the look of it. Does anyone know where I could find a plant, or some seed? No one locally has them.
Thanks.
Angie

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tiredwabbit Point Pleasant Beach, NJ(Zone 7a) Oct 02, 2001

I wound up getting mine at K-mart in February/March. I t is a very interesting plant. Needless to say though I wound up killing it :(
I wish I could be more help.
Holly

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AngelSong Victoria, TX(Zone 9b) Oct 02, 2001

I went to glasshouseworks and found they have columnea gloriosa - goldfish plant.

www.glasshouseworks.com

enjoy!

-Jennifer

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perLite Petaluma, CA Oct 03, 2001

Hi Angie,
With this link, scroll down to Nematanthus. You'll go past Columneas too. Some of both are given the common name of goldfish plant.
http://members.aol.com/kartuzexotics/gesneria.htm
At this second site, you'll see photos of them... it's just a reference. You too may become Gesneri-addicted...
http://home.pathcom.com/genemcod.htm
And this is where we Gesneri-addicts meet...
http://www.aggs.org/
There are likely to be more links there.
ooh. hope this isn't too much info.
To keep them going, bright light (not necessarily all sun, mine like the east window) and "PERFECT DRAINAGE" are important. I use 1part bagged potting soil, 1part vermiculite, and 1part perlite. The AGGS site will have stuff from more experienced addicts. hth, perL

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