Fittonia albivenis (Nerve Plant) Houseplant Care - 223 of 365
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ธ.ค. 2019
- #223 of "365 Days of Plants" is often called "nerve plant" for its colored venation along the leaves. They come in colors of white, pink and red, and this one happens to be a particularly large-leaved variety.
In this video I'll discuss where it is originally native to, where I'm growing it in my home, and basics like light, watering and fertilizing.
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Featured plant:
Fittonia albivenis
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The double camera angle is awesome. Love this series. waiting on the videos for parlor palm, crassula capitella, and scindapsus pictus exotica!
It’s so weird you say that it doesn’t need as much water. Mine is dramatic and if she doesn’t have water, she gets all gloomy and sags down
It's such a drama queen haha. But: if she gets the water, she will perk up again in one or two hours.
we tube mine JUST perked up in about less than an hour !!
Same! Mine fell over and I thought she died! 😄 She was just thirsty
Mines does too!!
One day looks good, next day drooped over, yep dramatic. Water and perks back up within a few hours!
The larger leaf varieties are much more forgiving than the smaller leaf varieties which will wilt in the blink of an eye if it needs a drink. Good air flow is key as well never letting them dry out. Fittonia you either love them or hate them.
I think you can love 'em until you can stand them. I do think that if my floor were dirt (mind you, I have thought of it), I wouldn't mind planting them in the imaginary "understory" in my head.
@@summerrayneoakes funny you should mention that as I have devoted entirely way too much thought into converting the space beneath my home office desk into an understory🙈 Fittonias would definitely play a big part in making that happen. My toes would probably be the happiest they've ever been!
I cannot but agree!!
@Peter Cardona Thanks for that explanation. When she said ...”they can stand to dry out between waterings,” I thought 🤨 “Not my fittonia!” It faints if I look at it wrong, and demands its wick remain in a moat of water at all times. Royal plant is more like it. 🙄😊 I love her, though.
Yes! My green/white one was a nightmare! Now I have this green/pink and I feel less stupid and less of a plant-killer.
It is one of my favorite plants. I have propagated my own clippings by planting them in peat moss without having to use rooting hormones.
There's people who love em and people who thinks it's a diva.
I don't understand the split though. It flowers. It has a a variety of colors and it tells you when it needs to be watered.
Panicked the first time I saw it wilt. Now though whenever it wilts on me I don't get frustrated about it because as soon as you give it a good glug it comes back to life again. No browning. No yellowing. No leaves lost.
Wish all my plants can bounce back like fittonias.
Do you hear that Calatheas and fiddle leaf figs? 😂 Now those are divas.
Lol you sure are right about Calatheas. Some of them will just up and die on you if they don't get enough water or humidity. I'm currently growing 3 types successful indoors which have done much better than some others I tried. My success include C. lancifolia, and C. mosaica (?) and the variety Beauty Star also. Oh, I forgot I also have one other that does well indoors C. orbifolia. Don't even think about C. Ornata though, lol that one was a real pain.
omg, I have a much smaller version of this in my kitchen window sill, I love this plant. Thanks for the video Summer, (I didn't know that they bloom, wow another added bonus of this plant).
Thank you! I've watched a couple videos on here and i feel like this video is the best in comparison! I got to learn about the plant and you gave me the information i was looking for with taking care of my plant. Thank you!!!
Such a great plant. I love the look of the leaves 🍃 Thanks for sharing another great video with us!
Good morning. I have this plant and the green also. Thank u for sharing this.
This is the exact video I have been looking for! I have this one and was nervous about the leaves starting to curl, but only found videos on the smaller leafed variety.
I looooove this plant ♥️ mine gets very cranky if it isn't humid enough....the leaves get kinds crunchy
yes, it definitely tells you when it needs you (or needed you). Like a Spathiphyllum in that capacity!
@@summerrayneoakes Absolutely! I have a huge one and a little one that are sitting in places that sometimes get overlooked, but really know how to get my attention 😅
I have a variegated one, too, but that one doesn't dry out nearly as fast and doesn't droop too much🤷♀️
I’m growing one in a thrift shop goldfish bowl & it loves it.
So perfect. Do you cut yours back at all to continuously fit in the goldfish bowl?
Good use of Goldfish bowl! 👌
If youve heard anything from aquarium hobbyists, its that you dont put Goldfish in a Goldfish bowl-- its too small.
I have several of these. Love them and the colour. I keep them in large jars or terrariums. They like water.
Yes, they are water monsters. Forget one day and they will let you know!
I love this plant!
What a beautiful plant, I just love that pink splash of color. Very eye catching. I also wanted to comment here to let you know I just finished your book! which is also how I found out about your TH-cam channel. I'm big into environmental conservation and nature, so your book appealed to me already upon seeing it in my local library.
I have to say though, it has opened my eyes to further investigate how plants help keep us, and our planet healthy. My own parents have histories with gardening (especially my Mom) and your book has driven me to pursue an interest in such fields career wise.
Anyways, thanks again for the enlightening experience your writing provided. 👍
Hi there, I'm so very pleased to hear that the book touched you in that way. I'm getting responses (not just from you) but from others that some of this has been integral in career trajectories. Makes me think I should talk about this further on the channel. Anyway, thanks for watching and tuning in to the fun here. I appreciate you writing in and letting me know.
@@summerrayneoakes I'll definitely be tuning in often (I'm subscribed), I've got lots to learn!
I have one just like this in my kitchen's NE facing window, which doesn't get very much light because the neighbour's house shades mine. It seems to be doing alright even in the dead of winter in Ohio! I've only had it for three months, but there are already four new leaflets growing from several points.
I keep it in a glazed terracota pot and let it dry out a bit between waterings, which takes a little over a week right now, and I mist it a few times a day just to keep the humidity up. I was a little concerned about root rot keeping it too moist in this kind of pot, but it seems happy!
Very nice color and easy to find for sale. I'm currently growing the variety "Frankie" which has leaves with an intense bright pink color similar to what I would think of as a "cotton candy" pink. I've seen these in various shades of pink, red and white.
I Have The Red And Pink Ones And I Have The Green One With The White Veins On The Way!!! I Was Glad To Find These In The Larger Leafed Versions Because I Usually Found Them At Nurseries With Small Leaves in 2 or 3 inch pots.
I have this plant and it's doing very well. 🌿👍🌿
I have the green version and the leaves are so much smaller than this pink one you have, I would love to find one with leaves as large as yours, it's so pretty and I love Fittonia, and would love to find the fittonia frankie, that one is so pretty as well. Thanks again Summer, see you tomorrow.
I just received a "bouquet" of fittonias with different colors and varieties!!!
I'm so jealous!
Beautiful...👍👍
Nice Plants, Thank you
you're welcome.
We have reddish pink veins one in Baby Groot planter pot group with Aloe Vera plants in pots on our screen porch. They are thriving from indirect lighting of sun.
I finally bought one today
I'm looking forward to looking after it 🤭
I hope i dont kill it
This is the favorite plant to compose my terrariums.
Wow its so lovely! I have one myself, smaller than yours and not as pretty💚 Thank you so much for the video
They can get pretty funky looking if you don't cut them back and shape them some I found.
New subbie here because of Fittonia 😊
I have three varieties of veins (white, pink and red), oddly enough all three require watering once every week
I just bought a string of dolphins plant. Senecio peregrinus. It's the coolest looking plant ever.
Yes, I featured that one on the channel. Except they changed the genus species name from S. peregrinus to Dendrophorbium peregrinum: th-cam.com/video/lRUu87xQaew/w-d-xo.html
They do so well in my bathroom on the east facing windowsill.
yes, I have these now both in a northeast window and do well there. But one less watering and wilt it will go! Like a Spath in that aspect.
I have a pink one that I've named Pinky Linky. Same size too 🤗🤗
My red vein fittonia has hard leaves, which I'm assuming is okay? But the leaves are curling... what does this mean?
I think that’s normal, mine is like that too.
mine is curly and compact. doesn't grow tall. but it's spreading..🤷♂️
You're the best
Thank you
I have the white variety and I forgot to water it once and it let me know that I had f’ed it up. It was not happy to say the least. Took two days to come back to life. I will never neglect this plant again. 😂
Were the leaves crunchy?
Two days?!?! Mine come back within a few hours and 100% fine within 24 hrs.
I have a lot of these, actually. I love them, though mine are smaller in leaf size, never actually seen large like yours anywhere.
I have 3 versions: Green with white veins, Dark green with pink veins, and Darker green with red "spilled" veins (my red one isnt like yours, the veins look like someone used too much water in a watercolor painting).
Another thing I love about these is that they tell you when they require water: when no water is needed the leaves are solid to the touch, like a piece of paper. When they need water the leaves are mushier. I had the pink one even mush down all the way, stems and everything, and two hours after watering it was all the way up, very much alive
Thanks for explaining. My fittonia leaves feel a bit crunchy is that normal?
Dchardinay Cole My fittonia leaves feel crunchy. They fascinate me, I touch them all the time. I’ve never had a plant feel this way. Don’t panic if you ever find you fittonia looking dead. Just water it and it will bounce right back in a few hours, like nothing ever happened. They’re very dramatic when thirsty. (If you’ve already discovered this, I apologize.)
I purposely don't water until they faint and that seems to keep them going pretty well! I One of my lowest light plants and I have them everywhere. Summer, if you see this, I'm curious about pachira aquatica...Do the woody trunks ever grow or for height do we have to hope for just the offshoots? So basically, if I buy a 10 inch long "trunk" is that the tallest it'll get not counting branch growth?
I saw a bright, chalky pink type leaved form with fingered margins. Very pretty but looks like it would require more moisture.
You are probably referring to the one I grow which is called "Frankie". It is a bright light pink with frilly edged leaves. Mine does quite well and I've not noticed any difference of water usage between it and other the couple of other varieties I've grown.
Ive had this plant about a month and i'm doing something wrong! It wasn't in the healthiest shape when I bought it, the leaves seemed sorta dry but I didnt know much about the plant. Well now the leaves continue to get more and more dry and crispy. I've tried to take it in the bathroom whenever we shower, i've tried low light environments and higher light areas, and it just wont seem to perk up. I"ve avoided over watering it but the soil definitely is moist. ANy ideas?? The room i've most recently moved it to faces north (my house faces north so I dont get super great sunlight here). Any advice would be great!!!
what kind of water do you use? using solely spring/mineral water can overwhelm the plant
maybe try use distilled/deionized/rain water?
Is there a specific way to clip?
I water mine with a wick from a bowl mama girl always stays moist
I likeee..... 😘😘😘😘😍
Is this the same as a “polka dot” plant? It looks like it to me. 🤷🏻♀️ I have them in a container outside (zone 8) and they are gorgeous.
No, this is a different plant. The polka dot plant is hypoestes phyllostachya. But both fittonia and hypoestes are in the same family, the acanthaceae.
I put mine in east facing window this morning. I left her there from 7am to 9:30 and when I went back one of the leaves was burnt 😭
Mines near an east window but in a position where the sunlight just misses it. Good to know. lol
Can you plant them outside or dose it have to be inside plant
Mine hates me... all the time always
I have this plant but her leaves are crunchy. I water her, but she is unhappy. Please help!
How should I propagate this?
Awesome
i had one but she was the only plant i couldnt keep alive
I have one with green leaves that are a bit smaller. They sold it to me as Fittonia argryoneura. Were they wrong with the species name?
No theyre just a different type of fittonia
My fittonia asks for quite a lot of water
Can this plant be propagated through cutting? I’ve tried and had no luck yet.
I took cuttings from mine and they rooted up in water. It was just from stem cuttings SO tripping about nodes doesn't apply. They remind me a lot of The Coleus Plants. When I had enough roots I transferred them to soil AND They've Made Me A Happy Planter!!!
You probably tried it when the weather wasnt warm enough?
I haven’t had luck either. So annoying
It's beautiful but mine has some brown on the leaves. I have it in a terrarium, what could that brown be??
Thanks! Lots of love ♥
Good question. I'm not certain. Had you ever let yours dry out enough that there could be some cell die-off? Edges are usually the first to get affected. I don't think these are particularly sensitive to hard water (like some prayer plants), but that could be another option, though I used unfiltered / tap water on mine and doesn't seem to have the browning issue....
I just killed mine recently...it just did not bounce back, slowly but surely it started to rot.... And now there is only one very weak looking stem left.
Would it revive if the stem was healthier?
@@kimberlyfernandes566 idk...the stem had rotten wayy up.. I could not. Now it's probably on the compost pile 😅😢
@@oishd6077 aww.. the leaves on my fittonia got crispy within a week. I guess it was due to a drop in temperature..
@@kimberlyfernandes566
I killed my white veined fittonia last week. Idk it just decided to rot 😣
@@oishd6077 I tried saving the stems. Hopefully they should revive. I'll update if it does
My plant is bald headed Jesus I want my plant to look like this
yea no they need water, if u go to long with watering they will permanently look droopy.. happened to me, n I cut n propped mine. doing better now
why is it called nerve plant?
Because of the veins of the leaves - resembles nerve branches in the body. Some people also say because they are so dramatic when they need water and wilt 😂