I bought this at a Gesneriad and African Violet show and sale because I thought it was the coolest gesneriad of them all. I had it in a pot, but at some point it grew over the pot and now it grows in the ground. I think it layered itself or, like an African Violet, one leaf took root and it grew from there. The plant goes dormant every fall once the temperatures drop into the 50's at night. But once it warms up, the leaves start sprouting and I have to warn Dad not to hit it with the weedwhacker. I'd move it, but it seems so happy and comes back every year, so I don't want to mess with success. I never bring it inside or cover it up and it makes it through the winter just fine. Not sure if that would work much farther north than me (Tampa area). The plant flowers throughout the spring and summer.

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