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How to care for new plants

17 years ago

Hi, I hope you can help. I recieved an order from Rob's and can't seem to find how to care for them. The plants I need help with are Neomortonia Rosea and Drymonia variegata. The Drymonia looks similar to an Episcia, so I'm thinking humidity. The neomortonia I'm not sure what kind of water,light, or humidity it needs. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

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irina_co
17 years ago
Sandi -

I also started Neomortonia recently - and I keep it under lights with violets. So far so good.
Drymonia - the only thing I can say - if it is from Rob- it was grown together with his other plants including AV violets. Since he recommends it as a windowsill plant plus mentioned that it is undestructible and thick leaved - so it will go on any window except the very south - and it is not as sensitive to humidity as episcia. Watering and fertilizing should be the same as AVs.

Keep us all updated.

Irina
sandi1712
Original Author
17 years ago
Thanks for the response Irina, The Drymonia you saw is on the "specials" page and the leaves are different from the one I have. Mine has Episcia like leaves. I just planted in a self watering pot and put it with my av's. It seems to be doing good right now.
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