This flower has glossy green leaves and peculiar blooms, is easy to care for, and is more worth growing than pothos or spider plant

Introduction

Green plants and potted plants are essential decorative touches for home life. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits: it beautifies the room and lifts your mood. "Huasheng Potted Plant Diary, Issue 1252" introduces a flower that is more worth having than pothos or spider plant.

Today's featured plant

Pothos and spider plant are probably the most common indoor plants; they can be found in almost every home and office. They are easy to grow, but unfortunately they are only grown for their foliage. The flower introduced today is just as easy to grow, and not only can its leaves be enjoyed, its flowers are also very beautiful.

Goldfish plant

This plant is called the goldfish plant. It is a new type of potted ornamental flower introduced into China in recent years. It belongs to the Gesneriaceae family as a perennial herbaceous plant, and it is a succulent plant. Its leaves are thick, opposite, evergreen through the four seasons, glossy and shiny, and it is itself an excellent foliage plant.

Beautiful flowers and leaves

Not only are the leaves beautiful, the goldfish plant's flowers are also very peculiar: pink, small and exquisite, shaped like little goldfish, as if swimming through a green forest, full of fun and charm. Flowers and leaves are both beautiful and bring out the best in each other. The flowering period is irregular; with proper care, it can bloom in all four seasons.

Easy care

The goldfish plant is very robust and has extremely strong reproductive ability. Its branches grow aerial roots, so a section of branch can be pinched off at any time for cuttings, and before long there will be another pot of flowers. It has low requirements for light and water, tolerates shade, and is even easier to grow than pothos and spider plant; it can be planted indoors just fine. Its branches will become woody. The author has seen an expert grow the goldfish plant into an old-stump bonsai tree, which is truly impressive.

Blooms in winter too

Many flower lovers ask: their goldfish plant grows vigorously but simply will not bloom, what should they do? Here is a method for everyone: apply an appropriate amount of monopotassium phosphate fertilizer, and hang it on a balcony with scattered light, which can encourage more flowers, and it may even bloom in winter. It is best as a hanging potted plant, with even better decorative effect, and is more worth having than pothos or spider plant.