I was given a small pot with a single sad leaf to try and rescue. I was told it was an African violet. It was repotted and I gave it some fertilizer and it started producing this giant leggy looking leaves. Is this normal? A mutant? It doesn’t look like any violet I’ve seen.

Thanks!

Edit: thank you for all the feedback! It does indeed look like a cyclamen. I have moved it closer to the window, hopefully it will fill in nicely.

  • Adramis@midwest.socialEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Whatever it is, it doesn’t look like it’s getting enough light. I’d guess that’s why it’s growing so leggy.

    • Canadian_anarchist@lemmy.caEnglish
      02·
      7 months ago

      That’s just how cyclamen grow- they’re floppy plants. They like indirect light, so the lighting set up seems fine.

  • Mickey@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    7 months ago

    This plant is just severely etiolated as it’s desperately searching for more light, not mutated! You will need to give it better lighting conditions if you want the new growth to be more compact.