Dolphin Plant

[Dupontster]

My wife was given this plant and she doesn't know what it is....When it blooms, they look like little Dolphins...It is supposed to be rare and we wanted to know what the name was if anyone knows...

 

[Larry Gude]

It has a very exotic and rare name:

Dolphin plant

Columnea gloriosa - Lipstick Plant, Goldfish Plant, Dolphin Plant

Family: Gesneriaceae
Native to Costa Rica

It's where baby dolphins come from.


Yes, I looked it up. I'd always been told it was 'lipstick plant and wanted to be sure.

That's a Christmas Cactus in the foreground. It's where baby cactus come from. At Christmas.

 

[desertrat]

It has a very exotic and rare name:

Dolphin plant

Columnea gloriosa - Lipstick Plant, Goldfish Plant, Dolphin Plant

Family: Gesneriaceae
Native to Costa Rica

It's where baby dolphins come from.


Yes, I looked it up. I'd always been told it was 'lipstick plant and wanted to be sure.

That's a Christmas Cactus in the foreground. It's where baby cactus come from. At Christmas.

I think they are now called Winter Holiday plants at nurseries.

 

[Larry Gude]

I think they are now called Winter Holiday plants at nurseries.

Ah, yes. Yet one more victim of the dreaded...PC plant. Bitter fruit, year round.

 

[Dupontster]

It has a very exotic and rare name:

Dolphin plant

Columnea gloriosa - Lipstick Plant, Goldfish Plant, Dolphin Plant

Family: Gesneriaceae
Native to Costa Rica

It's where baby dolphins come from.


Yes, I looked it up. I'd always been told it was 'lipstick plant and wanted to be sure.

That's a Christmas Cactus in the foreground. It's where baby cactus come from. At Christmas.

I knew I could depend on you...You are da man....

 

[Larry Gude]

I knew I could depend on you...You are da man....

Yup. Me and google...