Nice 'red'

beautiful! It almost looks hot pink...

*drool*

I purchased a very tiny rooted slip of a prudence risley about 6 wks ago. I just transplanted it yesterday & realize that it has gotten a bit leggy. It measures about 5" to the end of the stem & about 6" if measuring to the top leaf. Will I shock it if I pinch it back too soon after transplanting it? How far back should I pinch it? There are 3 couplets of leaves so a total of 6 leaves.

Argh! I could have ordered this in my recent Logee's order! I forgot till thread was tickled again.

It is not a miniature. It is actually a complex hybrid - parentage is not recorded - but there is a long stem Sinningia there - may be S.tubiflora. It has an indeterminant growth habit it will grow and bloom at the end of the stem,,,until you are tired of this vine...It doesn't seem to have an obligatory dormant period, It doesn't produce a big tuber - but sets additional tubers that will bloom too. The stem cuttings root easily,

If you pinch it - it will send a side shoot - but I am not sure it will send several, may be one or 2. So keeping it compact... is a full time job. I just let it grow long - and at some point chop it off and root the tips, Dig the tubers out, let them resprout and pot them back n a fresh soil.

Probably 3 tubers per good size pot makes the best presentation.

This thing never stops blooming...

Hi Joseph, I just got one of these recently from a friend and gave it to my mom. It's already in bloom, and about to become very bushy. I'm curious about propagation--can one propagate it from a single leaf, and if so does it make a tuber at the cut site, or something else? Can it be propagated from leaf pieces like Sinningia speciosa? Those are also questions for Irina or anyone else who has propagated it. I gather an easy way to propagate it is tuberous offsets given Irina's comments above. I'm curious about how to propagate a small plant. If it's part S. tubiflora can it be propagated from roots (or are they stolons in that case?) Thanks. Randy S.

Thanks for answering so eloquently, Irina. I learned from you, too. ☺

Joseph - you are welcome. Keep growing. A very diverse genus, these Sinningias.

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