Sinningia polyantha bears really cool peach-pink flowers with dark magenta spots. Foliage can be dark and mysterious. Available is this younger plant in a three inch clear pot, ready for a larger pot and a summer of sunshine and fertilizer.
As it gets older, the foliage will be more hefty - thicker, larger, more hairy, the works. Also that caudex-like tuber can get very large in a short period of time, so plan for broad, shallow pots for a really cool display. The older flowering plant shown (for reference only, that one isn't for sale) is out of the same seed line, so you can expect similar heft in a year or two.
I recommend growing conditions similar to Sinningia leuchotricha. It typically has an active summer growing season, loving frequent watering but not waterlogged conditions in a high porosity soil mix. they are less tolerant of low light conditions than leuchotricha, and will get horribly leggy - so make sure it gets a couple hours of sun or use higher intensity plant lamps. These can live happily outside in the summer in light shade, with direct sun for about half the day. A west or south facing window in the house would be equivalent. In the winter I bring it inside to a cool growing area (about 65F, but a drafty, chilly windowsill will likely suffice) and reduce watering.
All my sinningia are seed grown by me in the USA.
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Note about shipping: All plants are wrapped carefully and shipped via USPS priority mail. Make sure to unwrap carefully, it can be easy to accidentally damage plants when unwrapping while very excited! Plant may be shipped bare root at my discretion. Hawaii & Alaska shipments at your own risk.
