Ruellia makoyana (common names: Monkey Plant)

Ruellia makoyana

Ruellia makoyana is a member of the genus Ruellia and is commonly known as Monkey Plant.

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  • greenthumb
    Greenthumb

    Joined 23 Mar, 2008

    29 plants

Comments on Ruellia makoyana

greenthumb
Greenthumb

15 Nov, 2008

 

Thanks. This one bloomed thick all summer and has outgrown its pot. They do best cut back hard I've learned rather than potted on. Real active seeders.

On photo - monkey plant baby

Delonix1
Delonix1

14 Nov, 2008

 

This is a very healthy plant for being grown indoors. You definitely have a greenthumb.

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MikeC
Mikec

17 Apr, 2008

 

I like this one. My want list just got longer.

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DiOhio
Diohio

7 Apr, 2008

 

You have some really cool plants !

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Lori
Lori

6 Jun, 2008

 

Very pretty...it looks very similar to an episcia...are the leaves furry like an African Violet?

On photo - monkey plant bloom

david
David

18 Jun, 2008

 

Lovely plant - and name - Weemama.

On photo - Monkey Plant

flcrazy
Flcrazy

3 Jul, 2008

 

This is a lovely plant, amazing bloom color and the foliage has a nice dark purplish, green tint to it. I've never seen this one before. I don't grow many house plants.

greenthumb
Greenthumb

18 Jun, 2008

 

Thanks jacque. This one comes with so much fulfillment. Really a mess once the blooming really gets going, dried flowers and even seed all over the place. I give them a real good shake now and then. I'll test some seed and see if its good, then I can spread this around!

jacque
Jacque

18 Jun, 2008

 

Love the Colour of this plant :)

greenthumb
Greenthumb

14 Nov, 2008

 

A cut of the new tips would stimulate new branching, thus more tips to bloom on when the flush comes. I haven't cut them unless its to make new cuttings and let my overwintered plant make new growth on older leafless stems. This is my first serious year with them. Since its your spring a nice snip could get you a fuller plant with more blossoms. Hywel has a blog for overwintering his fuschias, they seem to have alot of branching, more than mine with no snip. :-)

On photo - reullia blosom

Aleyna
Aleyna

14 Nov, 2008

 

talking about hard cut back, I've read somewhere here that I have to cut the tips of the fuchsias to allow it to grow... am I right about it?
by "ton sur toon" i meant the mix of light and dark green... light veins and dark tips of the leaves

On photo - reullia blosom

greenthumb
Greenthumb

13 Nov, 2008

 

Thanks Aleyna. I like this plant, it really gives a full flush of flower sometimes. This one is older and needs a hard cut back, but I haven't been that brave...lol. Its even a little felted. I had to look up ton sur ton, it is, pleasing in any season.

On photo - reullia blosom

Aleyna
Aleyna

12 Nov, 2008

 

cute flower, lovely leaves, i like the "ton sur ton" of the greens

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greenthumb
Greenthumb

18 Nov, 2008

 

Similar flower to streptocarpus, a long trumpet. But its leaves are very thin and the plant a little more woody. It seeds at every bloom as well, I don't know strepocarpus to be so prolific. I can't seem to google any information about any relation either. Maybe tasteyg :-)

On photo - Ruellia

TasteyG
Tasteyg

17 Nov, 2008

 

Is this related to the African violet or Streptocarpus?

On photo - Ruellia

greenthumb
Greenthumb

17 Nov, 2008

 

Thanks. :-) I like this one and can never lose it. It seed prolificly and cutting take pretty easily. Its also very rewarding.

On photo - Ruellia

Aleyna
Aleyna

16 Nov, 2008

 

wonderful plant Greenthumb

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Grammazoo
Grammazoo

16 Nov, 2008

 

Really like this one Greenthumb! Very lovely leaves and the flower is a pretty colour that compliments them.

On photo - Ruellia

Michaella
Michaella

16 Nov, 2008

 

this is lovely Greenthumb

On photo - Ruellia

greenthumb
Greenthumb

16 Nov, 2008

 

These are very fullfilling. White veining MT, purple undersides and the leaves are a bit felted. Its really stunning full flower, the pink can equal the green, but this one need a good cut to get stimulate another good flowering. Just a few at a time these days. It'll go year round with a little maintainance.

On photo - Ruellia

TasteyG
Tasteyg

15 Nov, 2008

 

Lovely plant GT :) So bushy and full. Get's cute little flowers too, I see.

On photo - Ruellia

magnoliatree
Magnoliatree

15 Nov, 2008

 

What a very attractive plant. Such a soft green and is the centre "skeleton" silver?

On photo - Ruellia

Members' notes...

greenthumb
Greenthumb

This plant flowers often and seeds prolifically. I took it out of a terrarium cause it was taking over. My mother plant has stopped growth and flowering. Not leggy, but I'm gonna cut it back anyway, see if I can get it going again. Really pleasing plant. I have another from the seeds, really trouble free. Never has got a bug even in flower, which can happen easy indoor gardening like I do. Nice white veins, purple undersides of leaves and velvety white stems. Doesn't like much direct light. Always a joy, this is one that flowers through winter as well as long as it is kept from any chill.

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