Sophronitis coccinea

[Roy]

Ramon, have you flowered this plant before ???
Reason I ask is a friend of mine had a coccinea with similar but not as good.
It flowered like this on the first flowering and gained great comment. It never flowered as good ever again. He gave me a piece which grew very well and flowered well but flowered only as a good coccinea, never with the shape it had at 1st.
Does anyone have an explaination for this ???

 

[neo-guy]

In my experience, coccinea can be very variable from blooming to blooming. Much depends on culture and environmental conditions. I have found in many cases that there is improvement of the flower the longer you grow them. I always photograph mine and can then see the difference year over year.
Peter