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Gibasis geniculata

Very easy to keep..and in the San Francisco bay area will grow very fast as a shade ground cover-although it takes no foot traffic by man or dog or even cats. I found that it will reseed everywhere..in other potted plants-even as an epiphyte in baskets of Brom's or Tillandsia's outdoors.
Indoors,outdoors..thrives.
Oh,and one thing...the variegation is easy to lose. They will revert to all green if in too much shade or not enough judicious pruning.

I discovered Gibasis Geniculata while tending my neighbor's garden this summer, affectionately referring to it as "kudzu" because it grows quickly & can be propagated by simply sticking a piece in the soil! Mine does best in full shade (the Central TX sun is too intense), with minimal watering (can easily be over-watered in summer heat). Does well in containers (w/ plenty of drainage) & as ground cover in shaded bed. I've since found smaller plants in 6-pk's @ my local nursery. A new favorite!

I bought this plant in a hanging basket for my mom (who lives with me) for Mother's Day last year. It did well on the porch all summer, then I moved it to a south facing sun room inside for the winter, where it became enormous. I moved it back to the porch in the spring and it started to die off. I figured it had outgrown it's pot and took it down to take some cuttings (root hormone and potting soil). Imagine my surprise to find five baby finches smack dab in the middle of it! The cuttings are growing (and so are the finches), which is a good thing, since I can't water it till they leave. Incidentally, when I moved it inside, I set the whole thing in a new oil collection pan (from the auto store) and watered it from the bottom. It loved that.

I placed it on my front porch in the summer and it did beautifully. Bloomed all summer long. I brought it in for the winter and it is in a middle room a use to store plants for the winter. I am pretty sure it is not dead there is a LOT of green on it but it looks semi-dormant.

MAKES EXCELENT HANGING BASKETS IN ARLINGTON, TX, , DOES BEST IN FILTERED LIGHT OR UNDER SHADE TREE.

Very pretty in a hanging container, but whatever you do, don't let it get loose in Florida.

Just wanted to make a botanical error note. Gibasis geniculata is actually Gibasis pellucida. This is a common horticultural confusion made between the two. My reference is The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening published in 1992.

My husband and I had 2 of these plants hanging on the backdrop at our wedding in 1998. We gave one to my brother and he killed it, but we kept the other one and still have it today!!! It sometimes dies off quite a bit but I always bring it back. If you pick out the dead parts, a lot of times they will have a section on them that is not dead. If you pull the dead part off and replant the live part it will grow back. We love ours and they are beautiful plants to have indoors.

I had this plant in a hanging pot on my porch, but I didn´t know that too much sun light would kill it, so it died a few weeks later. I wonder if this plant can be used as ground cover in shady areas.

My friend has this plant in Clearwater, FL. It grows up amongst her potted plants in the shade of an old Southern Cedar and hangs over the walls bordering her front yard. It has bloomed all year. I gave a neutral rating because it is considered invasive although my friend says it is easy to pull out when it comes up in the wrong spot

Very easier to keep in house and growing fastly, very nice little flowers in spring and summer.