Larry, thanks for the link. I've been to the website before looking at hoyas. The plants are beautiful! I'll have to look for them. I hear Violet Barn's plants (hoyas anyway) are small and I'm looking for something a little larger that what people said the size of their hoyas were. Other than that, they were fine with what they recieved. Brad AKA Moonwolf

Definitely a Columnea. Goldfish plant is relatively common "common name" for them, as is "dancing dolphin plant." I'm not sure of the specific hybrid you have as there are many, but there's no doubt it's a Columnea. Mark

ZZZZ! They are not Fish! They are Nematanthus ;o))!! I would just pot them up a bit and leave them on a tray on the Northern side of the house. You need to take them home if there is a frost coming - depending if you are north of Sarasota - or south- then you do not need to worry. Water them in a way that they have a chance to dry before next watering and they never sit in leftover water for long. They will take some time to get used to outside - and then they will start growing. I saw them growing in hanging pots inside the lanai just off direct afternoon sun. Same about Columneas, these would like just a bit less sun. If you keep your plants in shade - they won't die, they just wouldn't bloom. So - the question of tolerance is about your tolerance - why to keep blooming plants unblooming. I do not know about having hoya for company. Usually plants want their own space and light and do not like competition. If you want to use the start up fertilizer - or similar product - do not exceed 1/4 teaspoon per gallon. The reason is these plants are epiphytes, they grow attached to the moss-covered trees and rocks in tropical climate - and they are used to get by with a small amount of nutrients let's say from rotten leaves. Good Luck and hope you will enjoy lush growth and tons of bright leaves and blooms very soon. Irina

I can't tell if it is a Columnea or a Nematanthus from the picture. Both are sometimes called Goldfish plants. Nematanthus are also called Flying Dolphin Plants. Puglvr1's plant above is a Nematanthus. The plant in my profile pic is a Columnea (a NOID that I think is a C. gloriosa). It's really easy to tell them apart by the flowers, but you can usually tell by leaves too. I haven't grown Nematanthus if that's what it is, but I do have two Columneas. First, your plant looks very leggy to me. A lack of light would keep it from flowering. I grow mine in a northish corner window (a French door and a floor-to ceiling picture window) that gets a ton of indirect light all year long. I take them outside and hang them on my southeast-facing covered porch when temps are above 50F at night. I also think you're watering too much. In the summer, I keep them damp, but not wet. When they were in a 50/50 Pro-Mix/perlite media, I watered them about once a week or so in the summer. In the winter, I let it dry out completely before watering (about every other week or so), but you have to be careful about that because not all of them like to get that dry. I killed a C. "Aladdin's Lamp" by letting it get too dry. Keep in mind that these are epiphytes in the wild, so they grow on the side of trees. Lots of air around the roots. I use Better-Gro Orchid Plus Fertilizer on mine. I use a TINY bit with each watering (a little less than 1/4 tsp to a gallon) year round. If your gallon of water is blue, it's too much. Can you post a close-up of the leaves?