Brazilian Edelweiss
5.0 out of 5 (1 experiences)
Fast grower
Large, lush leaves
Also known as
Sinnigia Rechsteineria and Rechsteineria leucotricha
Taxonomy
Sinningia leucotricha
Sinningia
Gesneriaceae
Lamiales
How to care for Brazilian Edelweiss
How often to water your Brazilian Edelweiss
every 9
Brazilian Edelweiss needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
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Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Brazilian Edelweiss in your home
a window
Brazilian Edelweiss can tolerate being far from a window and light source.
Place it less than 6 feet from a south-facing window to ensure it receives enough light to survive 💪.
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How to fertilize Brazilian Edelweiss
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Brazilian Edelweiss after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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Where are my caudex people at? I’ve had my #sinningialeucotricha for about 6-8 months now and have it situated in a 4 in plastic pot with a soil mix that is a little denser than I’d like. It gets full spectrum light under a grow light for 12 hours a day, temps stay around 70* and humidity is at least 60% but can get up to around 75% in this room. I check it for watering once every 10-14 days right now and plan to dial it way back for winter. The growth on this thing has been a little disappointing this year - misshapen leaves with crispy brown tips and no flowers. It’s going to be going dormant pretty soon. Has anyone had luck getting these to flower? When do you cut back the foliage? Should I wait to repot into a coarser mix? Give me your knowledge plzzzzzzzz
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Look who has awoken from dormancy! I thought I accidentally killed it when one day I was putting a jumper on and flicked the entire freshly growing stem off the caudex. I have found it is super hard to buy in Australia and I just got lucky when I was trying to get a sinningia leucotricha (Brazilian Edelweiss)! So hard to find that I cannot find anywhere to get a second one, so you can imagine my fear when I thought I killed it. 😟 He had been sitting there looking like a potato for three months until this week, I saw the first sign of life again! Do you have a sinningia cardinalis?
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It was getting so bushy so i chopped most of the fuzzy foliage #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #NewGrowth #PlantAddict #Caudex #PLANTMAFIA
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Love new blooms🥰
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Soft brown leaves Aphrodite is slowly losing her leaves and they're brown and limp. It looks like overwatering to me but her soil is completely dry. Is it a sign she has root rot and I should repot? #plantaddict #notsohappyplants #plantsmakepeoplehappy #plantlover #plantmafia #planttherapy #greggang #plantlove
Care Summary for Brazilian Edelweiss
Brazilian Edelweiss
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 9 days
Placement
< 6ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
What other plant parents say
Fast grower 1
Large, lush leaves 1
06/25/2021
One of the least fussy plants I own. Adjusted quickly to my south facing windowsill in normal household humidity levels. I have mine in a chunky soil mix. Water the media (not the flowers or caudex) every 7-10 days, repot when the caudex reaches the edges of the pot.
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