Oldest So Sweet doing strange things
bkay2000
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
I've had this So Sweet for years. It's the one in the hostalibrary. I repotted it two years ago. I did not divide it. It was one of the survivors of the great root rot, but was diminished either from the fungus or the neglect they suffered when I mostly gave up on saving anything.
This photo was taken yesterday:
The plant bloomed in August and the stalks remain.
This plant (and the other So Sweet as well) always puts out about three, sometimes four flushes. Each succeeding flush (although not huge) is prettier than the last. Each new one has more colors and more interesting details in the leaves. This plant has continued to put out flushes all year, although the other one stopped at two or three. Each flush comes up with green margins, which fade to yellow and then to an off white, just like the first one. So, you can see that the flushes are continuing.
This leaf is particularly interesting. You can tell that it's fairly new because it's still yellowish.
Any ideas of what is going on?
bkay
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