Yep, what Fred said. The "black coral" variety - I have the same one :)

Where did you get that square purple plastic pot? Is it like the cheapie black ones about that size but just purple instead of black? It doesn't look like it.

You lucked out on a great gift. Wise of you to clean all the muck off the roots and plant in a more forgiving mix. Out side in the warm summer, they would be ok, but in the pots, you did the right thing. They look very healthy and strong growing. They are the Sans. trifascifia varity. Sans tri. 'Black Coral' has a different look. Easier to show than to explain.

Stush

Thanks for all the replies!

It's been nearly 3 weeks, and I wanted to post updated pictures... but, the plants haven't changed at all. The tops haven't grown, but hopefully the roots have. I did prune a few of the tallest and floppiest leaves because I was worried there wasn't enough root mass to anchor them upright in the wind.

re: purple plastic pot. There are two places nearby that provide plastic pot recycling bins (basically, big metal dumpster like trailers). One place is at a local university's gardens/nature-walk area, the other place is at a nearby city's botanical gardens. I dumpster dive these recycle bins.... stacks and stacks of colorful square pots, trays to hold them, hanging "baskets" (the two gray planters in the pic above), nice decorative plastic pots... I get 90% of my planters there. I get the impression that landscaping crews and local nurseries leave a lot of the stuff. If you like the square pots, here are the props I'm working on at the moment, including my one other sans that I separated a few months back (I believe, a hahnii).. lots of those square pots, and a tray to hold them!

Thank you for sharing the picture!

newly potted plants rarely do stuff....except Adeniums when you repot them cut all their limbs and leaves off.......

hope to see how these things look next year. And if you still want to try rooting that Fittonia. I'm overrun with the stuff because you have to pinch it or take cuttings so often! I can't throw away good propagation materials.

Stush - sorry, late reply. I had no idea my black coral wasn't a basic trifasciata! Well that's exciting. Question, if I rooted cuttings would it revert back to trifasciata?

I was thinking the same thing.