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Nematanthus gregaris (goldfish)

seaecho1
18 years ago

Wow, I was afraid the plant I bought yesterday at Lowe's would prove to be a difficult one, but through research online I discovered its supposed to be "easy," and believe it or not, I've never had one before this! (I've had at least one of just about everything over the years). I knew it was either a lipstick vine or a goldfish plant. I'm almost certain its an N. gregaris, or maybe Cheerio, which is a hybrid. The orange blooms do indeed look like little goldfish - especially the "mouths!" I was afraid it was going to turn out to be a lipstick vine, which I hear are notorious for being difficult to bloom. I just love the waxy, shiny dark green little leaves, and from the sound of it, it shouldn't get too much bigger. Its an upright plant about 8" tall. Anyone else have one? Until I started researching, I had no idea so many plants go by the name goldfish! Confusing!

Randi

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