Cupid's bower, hot water plant

Achimenes species

Plants of Home and Garden

Start seed indoors in winter, surface sow at 65-70F/18-21C; grow at this temperature for several months before transplanting individually into 4" pots. Requires ample moisture, warm temperatures, good light to some shade but protect from blazing sun, especially if grown indoors. Can be grown from stem or leaf cuttings in spring. Zone 10

May also be bought as and grown from rhizomes, often incorrectly called tubers, planted six rhizomes 1" deep into 8" pot, rich and well-drained soil. After flowering in fall, allow to dry out, dig up and keep cool and dry during winter, then plant again in spring; rhizomes may be divided in spring