The Streptocarpus ‘Ladyslippers Grape Ice’ is a beautiful compact houseplant, related to the African violet. It produces large, delicate white flowers adorned with very pronounced plum-purple veins and white borders. Its slightly embossed green foliage forms a dense and elegant clump. The plant can offer very generous and prolonged flowering when it receives good conditions.
Non-toxic to animals
- Family: Gesneriaceae.
- Origin: Southern Africa and Madagascar; the ‘Grape Ice’ cultivar is a horticultural variety.
- Watering:
- Allow the potting mix to dry out on the surface between waterings.
- Ambient humidity: Moderate to high.
- Type of potting soil: Light, draining, and rich.
- Light: Moderate.
- Orientation: West, east, or 1 m from a south-facing window.
- Growth: Fast.
- Temperature: Warm.
- Between 18ᵒC and 24ᵒC.
Pot diameter: 10 cm.
Grown in Quebec.
Like nature, each plant is unique. Natural items are all different and may contain irregularities.
