When a plant seems to not grow for nearly two years, what could that mean? Loads of stuff.
Wrong potting mix.
Wrong light.
Wrong watering.
…
When I bought the plant at the local Farmers’ Market, I thought the grower told me that the plant is an Impatiens.
Today when I did a google image search, I found that it is a Ludisia, a type of orchid. And that the soil was wrong, light wrong, and watering wrong, feeding wrong. Nice that it survived in spite of my incorrect care. I should have been caring for it like an African Violet.
I repotted it and suddenly it began to grow.
Could all be a coincidence, or maybe it finally had the right growing conditions.
New Growth
Flower Buds
2021 January 3
2021 January 16
2021 February 3
2021 February 24
2021 March 2
2021 April 25
Kew Science–Plants of the World Online, Ludisia
The American Orchid Society, Ludisia