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Here are some pointers on how to keep these plants around as long as
possible.
- Place the plant in bright light, but not direct sun
- keep soil slightly moist, not waterlogged
- feed with a liquid houseplant fertilizer read label for directions
on how often to feed.
- When the flowers fade, keep the leaves healthy by watering and
feed as you would during the flowering season.
- The flowerless plant still needs bright light
- prune back during the growing season to control its size and shape
so it won't get thin and ungainly.
- To stimulate flowering for next year, start in October to keep
the plant in total darkness from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. every day for
four weeks
- maintain a night temperature of 60 to 67 degrees F.
- mist leaves daily if atmosphere is too dry
- when you plant begins to flower place the plant in bright light
and begin the procedure over again. Good Luck!
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