A “Green” Mystery

Recently, we were passing by a plant Nursery & my wife asked me to stop and purchase some indoor plants. Since I also love the same, we stopped by & […]

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Biren Parekh
April 2, 2018
A “Green” Mystery
Recently, we were passing by a plant Nursery & my wife asked me to stop and purchase some indoor plants. Since I also love the same, we stopped by & my wife purchased a few indoor plants. Few of them caught my attention & I decided to buy those which looked bit fancy. I asked the nursery owner if they could be grown indoors without direct sunlight. He said yes. That is where we bought our mystery plant!

However, the mystery started once we reached home & placed it indoors. At night, the plant withered. I was awed… how come it withered?  In the morning, I thought it needed more water & gave it some. By noon, it came back to life! However, next night, it withered again! We wondered if it needed sunlight. We placed the pot at the window so that it could receive direct sunlight. It came to life by the end of the day. However, by the fourth day, again it withered in spite of receiving direct sunlight as well as water!

Since two weeks, we are trying to figure out how this plant has to be handled. Sometimes it remains withered, sometimes in full bloom! I have never seen ‘tantrum’ like this.

See Snap.

Can anyone help me understand what does it need – water, sunlight or shade?