I would say they need 1.5-2 times more light. They do well for me if I add milled NZ sphagnum moss in a soil.

Actually I kept my Merry Christmas on a NW window and it did well there.

What you can do - you can take the tip off - and root it - they do it easily in a very light soil and with a baggie on the top. They send roots from the leaf nodes - so take long enough cutting so you can remove the lower leaves and stick this node in a soil.

You shake the pot out - get the tuber.Remove the rest of the stem leaves, roots...wash it up and put in a baggie with barely moist vermiculite or sphagnum moss - and watch it - in a month or 2 - it will send new shoot - you will pot it in a fresh soil and put it either on a window or under the lights with your violets. And I think they are heavy feeders - so do feed them 1/4 of a teaspoon per gallon of water with AV fertilizer. SO - in no time 0 you will have 2 plants instead of one - and eventually you will find a good spot for it. This plant is floppy anyway - and just wait until it starts blooming - the flowers are so double and heavy - they always droop. WIth more light - the plant will grow more squatty - but probably you will need some support for the stem. Just don't hurt the tuber.
For me it holds more or less OK - until it is a bloom time...may be next time I will try the violet ring...

I.

Thank you very much! I will try this.

Tricia

I have mostly north and south window space. Can the Gloxinia sit directly in a window or will the light be too direct that way? I would like to ask that same question about Kohlerias and Streptocarpus'. With the violets, it seems I either give them too much or too little natural light. I am having a hard time with these relatives that are supposed to tolerate more light.

Tricia - put something between your south window glass and the plants - shear curtain or a piece of white plastic - and it will probably be just right.

Thing is - if it is too much light - it won't kill your plants - it will make bleached spots on your leaves - and then you will know that it is too much. They will take more - if you adjust the light gradually.

I.