| Life form | Grassy, ampel |
| Family | Acanthaceae |
| Origin | India, o.Yava, Southeast Asia |
| Ease of cultivation | Easy with small difficulties. |
| The size | 15 cm in height, about 45 cm in width. |
| Growth rate | Not very tall |
| Lifespan | In room conditions 2-3 years, tk. it is difficult to ensure an adequate level of humidity. |
| Temperature | All the year round the temperature is 64,4-75,2 ° F. The plant is thermophilic. |
| Humidity | It requires very very high humidity. The plant is preferable to grow in a terrarium or a “bottle garden”. Otherwise, it requires frequent spraying, keeping in a pallet with moist pebbles. |
| Lighting | The plant is quite shade-tolerant, but the best color of the leaves is formed when kept on the eastern / western windows. |
| The soil | 1 part of leaf land, 1 part of coarse sand or perlite and 1 part of peat. Always use a pot with a hole. Prefers slightly acidic soil. |
| Watering | Requires abundant watering, at least 1-3 times a week. In winter, watering a little shorten. |
| Fertilizer | Once in 2-3 weeks in spring and summer, feed liquid fertilizer. |
| Reproduction | Spring and summer apical cuttings, put them in moist sand under a polyethylene film. At a temperature of 82,4 ° F, roots will soon appear. |
| Bloom | Blooms in the spring and early summer. Small flowers with large bracts, gathered in spikelets. |
| Transfer | Replant every year in the spring. |
| Features of care | Spring plant should be cut by a third for better growth. |
| Difficulties | There is the possibility of the appearance of mealy bugs and whiteflies. It is infested with pests quite rarely. In dry air, the tips of the leaves turn brown. |
| Air cleaning | – |
| Toxicity | – |
