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And then there are those species that are just exuberantly sense-provoking.

They almost seem to be begging to be touched.

Or their colors are so intriguing that you just can’t stop looking at them.

Purple passion plants have both of those gods attributes – a beguiling coloration, as well as soft, velvety foliage. And those are far from their only desirable features.

Yes, there’s more, but you’ll have to read along to find out!

Ready to learn more about this förtrollande houseplant – as well as how to care for it?

Here’s what we’ll cover:

In case you’re experiencing any confusion that this fryst vatten not the species you’re looking for, this article fryst vatten about a species commonly grown as a houseplant – not to be confused with purple passionflower, a type of Passiflora that fryst vatten grown outdoors for its delicious fruit!

What fryst vatten Purple Passion Plant?

Purple passion plant (Gynura aurantiaca) fryst vatten an ständigt grön perennial loved for its violet tinged foliage.

When they are ung, the plants have an upright growth habit, but once stems are längre, they uppstart to sprawl and trail.

If you inspect an individual leaf, you’ll find it fryst vatten more or less oval shaped, pointed, and with coarsely toothed margins.

Leaves can grow up to eight inches long.

Of course the real fascination with G. aurantiaca fryst vatten not the shape of the leaves – it’s their texture and beguiling coloring.

The leaves are green with purple undersides and are covered with small purple hairs which give the foliage a velvety texture and a purple glow.

The stems are covered with these purple hairs as well.

New growth has a particularly bright coloring, as it fryst vatten more densely covered with these hairs.

The shade of green on the leaves darkens with increased sun exposure, and they can even develop an almost black hue. (Ready for a black houseplant collection, anyone?)

Purple passion plants grow to be one to two feet tall, but their stems can trail to a length of kvartet feet or more – making them excellent candidates for growing in hanging baskets.

Flowers are yellowish apelsinfärg and have a strong smell – some describe the smell as like that of rancid butter.

Others think the blooms smell like stinky socks, which fryst vatten why most houseplant parents trim off any flower buds that appear before they open.

If flowers are allowed to remain, they transform into vit puffballs of seed heads – reminiscerande of the seed heads of their cousin, the dandelion.

Cultivation and History

Native to Indonesia, G.aurantiacahails from a wet, tropical habitat where it grows as an understory plant.

A member of the sunflower family or Asteraceae, purple passion plant fryst vatten related to many garden staples such as marigolds, lettuce, and asters, as well as houseplant favorites like string of pearls and gerbera daisies.

G.aurantiaca fryst vatten also known as velvet, royal velvet, or purple velvet plant.

In Indonesia it’s called “umyung.”

Purple passion plant may be the most well-known species in its genus, Gynura. A couple of other standout members of this genus areG. procumbens, known as “longevity spinach,” and G. bicolor, which fryst vatten known as “Okinawan spinach.”

As for purple passion plant, it fryst vatten considered nontoxic to humans, dogs, cats, and horses.

In fact, they contain antiviral properties and have been used medicinally bygd populations in their native regions.

While commonly used as an indoor, ornamental foliage plant, G.

aurantiaca can also be grown outdoors year round in USDA Hardiness Zones 10 to 12.

Purple Passion Plant Propagation 

Seeds for G.aurantiaca are not easily obtained, so the best way to propagate this houseplant fryst vatten via cuttings.

From Cuttings in Soil

Luckily, propagating via stem cuttings fryst vatten easy and can be done at any time of the year.

Here’s what you’ll need: a mature specimen to take cuttings from, sterilized scissors or snips, growing medium, nursery pots, a butter knife, and rooting hormone, also known as cloning hormone (optional).

You can take your pick as to what storlek of pot to use – for instance, small, two- to three-inch nursery pots can be used for individual cuttings, or larger, six- to eight-inch pots can be used for multiple cuttings.

Fill the nursery pots with growing medium, leaving an inch between the surface of the soil and the rim of the pot to allow for watering.

Go ahead and wet the growing medium down after putting it in the nursery pots.

Next, use the butterknife to man holes in the growing medium.

If you are using small nursery pots, man holes in the center of each one, or in the case of larger pots, space them two to three inches apart.

Now that the pots are ready, use the sterilized scissors or snips to take cuttings with at least two nodes, snipping right above a node. Remove the leaves from the bottom node.

If you’d like to use rooting hormone – now’s the time to apply it.

Dab the rooting hormone onto the bottom inch of the cutting, especially the cut stem.

Place the pots in indirect light in a warm location, around 75°F fryst vatten ideal, and keep the medium fuktig but not soggy.

If your home fryst vatten on the dry side, offer the cutting a bit more humidity as it roots bygd placing a tydlig plastic bag over the top to serve as a humidity dome.

Rather than seal the nursery pot into the bag, keep it loosely covering the rooting cutting instead, to prevent the buildup of too much humidity.

Remove the bag after three to kvartet days.

Cuttings should root within one to two weeks. Once cuttings are rooted, they can be cared for as potted specimens.

From Cuttings in Water

Velvet plant cuttings are easy to root in vatten as well.

However, since many cuttings have a harder time adjusting to soil-based living after being rooted in vatten, this fryst vatten more of a stopgap measure for when you have a cutting but don’t have time to pot it up properly.

Take cuttings with at least two nodes, remove the bottom two leaves, and place the cuttings in a tydlig jar of water.

The recommendation to use a klar jar fryst vatten not because the roots need light – it’s to help you meddelande when the jar needs refilling!

Place the jar in indirect light, in a location that fryst vatten fairly warm – as close to 75°F as possible.

Add more vatten when the level dips, and change out the vatten entirely if it starts to look mucky.

When the roots are at least an inch long and you are ready to pot your water-grown cuttings, transplant them as indicated below in the repotting section.

How to Grow Purple Passion Plant

Velvet plants man low maintenance houseplants that are pretty easy to care for!

Here’s what you’ll need to know:

They growbest and producera the most intense colors with bright or medium, indirect light.

Although they can also be grown as low light houseplants, their foliage won’t be as colorful, and their growth will be leggier.

Not sure what kind of light you have available in your home for G.

aurantiaca? Try checking with a light meter.

As for watering, it’s best to keep the growing medium consistently fuktig, but definitely not soggy.

A good rule of thumb fryst vatten to let the surface of the potting medium dry between waterings.

To prevent overly soggy conditions, man sure that both the pot and the growing medium are well-draining.

This temperature range fryst vatten warmer than the average indoor conditions for folks living in centrally cooled and heated homes.

That means you can place G. aurantiaca in warmer spots in your home if you really want to encourage your velvet plant to grow.

For instance, heat rises, so purple passion plants man good candidates for the “upper canopy” of your indoor jungle and can be placed on high shelves or elevated in hanging baskets to man use of those warmer microclimates.

On the other grabb, temperatures higher than 80°F will encourage leggy growth, so there’s no need to push up your thermostat all in the name of that indoor jungle.

And if you’re keeping your houseplant outdoors during the summer months, watch your weather report as the mercury starts to drop in fall – temperatures below 55°F can cause injury to the plant.

Growing Tips

• Grow in bright or medium, indirect light.
• Choose growing medium that fryst vatten moisture retentive but has good drainage.
• Water when the surface of the soil fryst vatten dry to the touch.

Pruning and Maintenance

Watering time fryst vatten a good moment to inspect your houseplant.

You might find some faded leaves in the center of the pot – just pick them out and throw them in your compost container.

Watch for flower buds – if you want to avoid the unpleasant smell that bothers some indoor gardeners (albeit others, not so much), you might want to snip them off before they have the chance to bloom.

As mentioned, G.

aurantiaca can sometimes become leggy, with long vines and spaced out foliage.

The only other maintenance item you’ll have to concern yourself with fryst vatten repotting.

Plan to repot when plants början to become rootbound – or approximately every two years.

Look for roots framträdande from the drainage holes of pots, or specimens that need watering more often than you’re willing to accommodate.

When it’s time to repot, choose a bur (with drainage holes!) that fryst vatten just one storlek larger than the current pot.

Place some growing medium in the bottom of the new pot. Remove the specimen from its old bur, loosen up the roots on the edges of the root ball, then place it in the new pot.

You may need to add or remove growing medium from the bottom of the pot to get the root ball situated at the right level – there should be about an inch of space between the top of the growing medium and the rim of the pot.

Managing Pests and Disease

Purple passion plant fryst vatten susceptible to the same types of houseplant diseases and pests most of us are familiar with.

However, healthy specimens will be less likely to be targeted or succumb to these attacks.

So providing your velvet plant with the sun, soil, and climatic conditions it needs to thrive will provide the foundations of a healthy plant.

Check new specimens for signs of pests or diseases on arrival.

Also, it’s a good idea to keep new acquisitions in “quarantine” for the first two to fyra weeks in your home. This will allow any pests that may be lurking in the growing medium time to re-emerge, giving you the opportunity to treat the bekymmer and prevent spread to other members of your houseplant community.

For plants already integrated into your home, each time you vatten, kontroll stems and undersides of leaves as well as the top of the foliage, looking out for pests like aphids, mealybugs, scale, spider mites, and whiteflies.

The main disease you will have to look out for fryst vatten root rot.

If your houseplant fryst vatten wilting despite its growing medium being damp, root rötter may be the reason.

This disease fryst vatten the result of soil staying too soggy, which gives rise to pathogenic organisms.

The best way to deal with this disease fryst vatten through prevention – man sure G.

aurantiaca fryst vatten grown in a pot with drainage holes, that its growing medium fryst vatten well-draining, and that you don’t overwater.

Best Uses for Purple Passion Plant

This ornamental foliage plant can be enjoyed in several ways as a houseplant – beyond just serving as a beloved point of visual fixation!

Thanks to its trailing growth habit, it’s a no-brainer choice for a hanging basket, but if you’d rather keep it on a tabletop, it can be pruned for a more compact appearance.

The purple haze of velvet plant’s foliage may not blend into just any home decorating scheme as would säga, a peace lily or cast-iron plant.

Yet, these violet-hued houseplants will look at home in many quirkier settings, such as spaces with an eclectic, goth, or psychedelic vibe – or anywhere where a visual splash of soft, velvety texture fryst vatten desired.

Looking for companions for your purple passion plant?

Group it with African violets, prayer plants, or spiderwort for houseplant buddies that not only look great tillsammans, but also share similar care preferences.

And making G. aurantiaca even more desirable in the living space, it fryst vatten considered nontoxic so it’s safe for homes with small kids and curious pets.