Fittonia argyroneura
Remember that pretty pink plant that hopped into my shopping cart and said "Take me home with you!"? Well, she's been planted in a new pot and thriving quite nicely beside the kitchen sink. I don't normally name my plants, but she came already named!
And I think Frankie is an adorable name. :)♥
Fittonia sounds like some European country that our troops might have been stationed in after WWII.
ReplyDeleteI know this plant is really beauty Betsy!
ReplyDeleteGloria ~ they are native to South America! But they said they like very humid conditions, so I hope it will survive our dry winter indoor air! I'll have to use my mister on it to keep it moist! ha.
ReplyDeleteSilver ~ the name means 'nerve plant'. Hmmm.
My mom had one of these thrive really well in her terrarium. They are so pretty!! Take good care of Frankie. :)
ReplyDeleteHow is The Mister supposed to keep it moist?
ReplyDeleteOh, wait, you didn't mean your Mister, you meant your mister. Oops. Silly me.
Yes I sa here , i think the humid is important, but I think will be OK indoor in winter
ReplyDeletehahaha Mister, mister funny!!
ReplyDeleteRebecca ~ I read that they love terrariums!
ReplyDeleteSilver ~ I just KNEW you were going to say that. Knew it. ha.
Gloria ~ I have noticed that it likes to be watered every day! Thirsty little thing! ha.
I thinks these plants are from Brasil or these countries because have tropical weather, here is more dry especially now in summer!
ReplyDeleteThanks for setting me up like that. You're too good to me, you know that?
ReplyDeleteMy dearest Mother's name was Frankie Lela...Not a nick name for Francis but Frankie...I love her name as I loved her...miss her all the time, and I'm going to buy a Frankie plant for our home.
ReplyDeleteYour photograpy is so lovely!
Wanda ~ I love the name, too! Yes, I think you must have a Frankie plant. I got it at Walmart. :)
ReplyDeleteThey say you should talk to plants...having a name for them would make it easier to have a conversation. :)
ReplyDeleteRebecca ~ You would think that I would talk to my plants, like I do all my other zoo creatures! But I never have. I do like to fuss over them, though...so having to mist and water this one will be good. :) I see it has some flower buds! I hope it blooms. That will be an unexpected surprise!
ReplyDeleteSilver ~ I am too good to you, it is true. I'm just sweet like that. hahaha.
frankie works for me...love how the color are...the outline...really makes the interior pop
ReplyDeleteI never denied it. In fact, I'm drinking some of "your" coffee right now. :)
ReplyDeleteI think its a cute name too, its a beauty
ReplyDeleteGloria ~ well we have humid summers, so if I can keep it alive until then, I think it will do fine. It's grown a lot in just a week!
ReplyDeleteI don't talk to my plants either, other than the normal muttering...."now, what should I do next" that kind of thing. :)
ReplyDeleteRebecca ~ so you don't talk to them, but ask them for advise? lol...
ReplyDeletewhat a pretty color! just right to cheer up a winter day!
ReplyDeleteI'm always open to helpful advice....from my plants. :)
ReplyDeleteUhhh, Rebecca, do you ask other inanimate objects for advice? Furniture? Appliances?
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm sure they are good listeners!
ReplyDeleteThis is nice here the summer are terrible dry (In this part) but at the beach are more humid, here the plants are difficult to care Betsy, I have some basils plants and I have to water almost all days! I dont like this time, is easy a plant die.
ReplyDeleteSilver, No, but occasionally I beg them for help like "don't break on me now" etc :)
ReplyDeleteI only talk with teh dogs and Im sure you talk with cats Betsy and silver with Orsom, anyway all talk with somebody (lol)
ReplyDeleteThat's to appliances...NOT furniture. oops. :)
ReplyDeleteGloria ~ I love growing herbs. Yes, they need to be watched carefully if it is dry. I'd like to have an indoor pot of herbs for my kitchen.
ReplyDeleteYes, and I especially talk to myself! lol...
ReplyDeleteI have a little furniture with pots but I have to be looking sometimes cause one of the dogs is terrible with plants.
ReplyDeleteOh, me too--I'm the only other adult in the house a lot of the time. :) They say that's ok as long as you don't answer yourself. :)
ReplyDeleteYou also sing to yourself, with a wooden spoon. (According to my cameras, anyway.)
ReplyDeleteGloria ~ 2 years ago I brought my herb pots inside at the end of the fall season and Nugget ate all of them down to the root the first night. lol.
ReplyDeleteWhat songs do you sing Betsy?
ReplyDeleteYes, I do that...and dance across the kitchen floor! ha.
ReplyDeleteOh, nothing in particular...lots of different ones. But only if I'm home alone. lol.
ReplyDeleteI always sing too Betsy! Normally Im alone too!
ReplyDeleteMy grandma used to sing "Just Me And My Shadow" and waltz down her hallway. :)
ReplyDeleteI sing too, but I sing anytime I want whether people are home or not. You should see my kids roll their eyes. :)
ReplyDeleteGloria ~ I'm glad to know I'm not the only one. :)
ReplyDeleteSilver ~ I know you sing...and whistle!
ReplyDeleteBetsy, do you have cameras too?
ReplyDeleteI don't sing or whistle too much at home, unless I'm singing on the telephone.
ReplyDeleteNo, no...I don't have cameras on anybody! ha. Do I look like a spy? haha.
ReplyDeleteNo, but to be honest I'm not sure what a spy looks like. :) lol
ReplyDeleteWell... The good ones don't look like spies, Rebecca!
ReplyDeleteWell, I used to repo cars for a living...that's a little like a detective. ha. And you do slink around and watch for people. So, maybe in a way, that's like a spy. lol...
ReplyDeleteFrankie is a beauty.
ReplyDeleteGood point Silver.:)
ReplyDeleteThat had to have been an interesting job Betsy. :)
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't mind certain people slinking around in my neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteBragondorn ~ is the wind howling where you are? I hope it brings some snow!
ReplyDeleteMichelle ~ thanks. I'll tell her you said so!
Rebecca ~ never a dull moment, that is for sure!
Repo'ing your car Silver?
ReplyDeleteI was thinking more in terms of slinky lady spies.
ReplyDeleteslinky?
ReplyDeleteha...that was one of my favorite toys when I was a little girl. :)
there is a person who is obsessed with cameras sigh!
ReplyDeleteBetsy for this plants on the summer you need something like this
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for moist the leaves
Gloria ~ I can't bring up the photo. Is it a mister?
ReplyDeleteYes! sorry Betsy maybe I dont write all!:(
ReplyDeleteWe said rociador
ReplyDeleteOh well. It's ok. I tried to find it but it says no such number.
ReplyDeleteI've seen plant watering systems that connect to the kitchen faucet. I think those would be handy. :)
ReplyDeleteThis are simple but is nice to all plants especially these you hav eto moist leaves!
ReplyDeleteGloria ~ yes, I think that is the same. It sprays water in a fine mist on the plants. I have a little collection of them. And I just gave Frankie a mist. :)
ReplyDeleteDo you have any African Violets Betsy?
ReplyDeletesure but especially in the summer, or in your house the temperature is dry?
ReplyDeleteYes, its dry in our house with the heat running. It makes the boys' noses very dry and sometimes they have a nosebleed. I run a humidifier for that. Is that what you mean?
ReplyDeleteRebecca ~ I do have an African Violet! It's sits here on my desk.
ReplyDeleteI used to kill them, but I think I'm finally having success with two that my mother-in-law gave me. :)
ReplyDeleteyes sometimes in winter the aire is so dry not only for the persons to the plants too
ReplyDeleteRebecca and Gloria ~ you two need to come back for breakfast. Gloria, bring your whole wheat bread and Rebecca, bring some eggs. I'll brew the coffee. :)
ReplyDeleteRebecca all my frican violents that I had die:(
ReplyDeleteWinter is hard on houseplants!
ReplyDeleteOk, I'll bring dozens of eggs. :)
ReplyDeleteRight, Gloria. I have it in the boys' bedroom now. I'll have to bring it out in the kitchen sometimes, too! That's a great idea..thanks!
ReplyDeleteRebecca ~ violets like to be watered with warm water instead of cold. And they like morning sun. Mine isn't blooming right now but it does regularly.
Gloria, I think I was keeping them in too warm a place. They don't want to be cold, but I had them near the furnace vent. :)
ReplyDeleteVery pretty. At first i thought it was coleus. I did a little reading about it and it grows from cuttings...I bet it would be beautiful grown in a garden bed too.
ReplyDeleteHave a good night ladies. :)
ReplyDeleteOh I used to take leaves and put them in water to root them and then end up with tons of plants in spring to plant outside. They added such warmth and color to a garden. I did the same with the spider plants I just loved to watch them grow.
ReplyDeleteThey were like my babies. :)
Anita and Lady...you girls were thinking alike! I read that tonight, too! I love that...start another plant with just a cutting.
ReplyDeleteNight, Rebecca! :)
ReplyDeleteGood night, Rebecca... And stop killing things!
ReplyDeleteI love those...that dash of pink is so delicate and pretty!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a made up name
ReplyDeleteMaybe I'll steal it for the A not so game
When I need a new one
As Fittonia could be a companion for Tripit and all his fun..haha
And nerve plant you say
So does it calm all the nerves your way?
Pat ~ Tripet and Fittonia sitting in a tree...
ReplyDeletelol.
I don't know why they call it a nerve plant.
Sounds like it's deadly poisonous when they call it that.
But I won't nibble it to find out.
Might make my tongue numb and then I'd shout!
hahahaha.
hahaha well at least you've had experience with the numb tongue
ReplyDeleteSo you won't shout so loud you'd pop a lung
Pat ~
ReplyDeleteyes, but once is enough of that
next time maybe it wouldn't leave my flat
numb tongue forever would be bad
and make me a little sad.
Might turn into Flappy because I couldn't feel it move
You might end up wanting to stamp my forehead with one of those mean words.
hahaha.
btw...enjoy her tomorrow. I feel a post coming on. Hope you have the correct color of ink this time. haha.
I thought you're always supposed to name your plants and talk to them. Isn't that how they grow??
ReplyDeleteShe...I mean he...I mean Frankie is a gorgeous color pink! Such a pretty plant. It's a great decoration and natural air purifier. Love it :)
LOL I'm afriad Flappy used up all the ink
ReplyDeleteAs she brought me to the brink
Plus with a numb tongue forever
It could be a fun endeavor
For as your speak
Your words may tweak
And form a language all your own
Although that may increase your tone
Oh but it there is a drop of snow
Flappy will cancel and I can go
So here is hoping for that
Although with my luck I'll have to deal with the flappy rat
Jax ~ I'll start talking to her and giving her kisses. I'll let you know if she grows faster! :)
ReplyDeletePat ~
ReplyDeletenow she's a rat?
I thought she was a cow.
I hope it doesn't snow
So we get the post any how.
ha.
good morning Betsy :-) purify air and calm senses? oh i do need a frankie like that myself :-) had to laugh at you saying you don't normally give plants a name :-)) ... Frankie suits it well :-)
ReplyDeleteHello Frankie! A fine addition to the family! Yay! take care
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I learned something new today, never heard of fittonia before.
ReplyDeleteit is very pretty!
Yes, Birdie ~ who knew a plant could calm your senses? Why don't we all buy more of these? ha. The name means 'nerve plant' so maybe that means it calms your nerves? haha...I should move it around the house to stay close to me as I go about my day. lol.
ReplyDeletehaha Betsy, that's definitely what i need!!! maybe they could make a miniature one to carry along all day long - lol - a miniature Frankie :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful plant and I too love the name
ReplyDeleteHugs
SueAnn
Beautiful plant and your close-ups are incredible! Thank you for following me back, Betsy! I'm glad you enjoyed Buster's story! :)
ReplyDeleteHugs, Cindy
wow! she's beautiful!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteNope no snow
ReplyDeleteSo a post could flow
How is Frankie doing today? :)
ReplyDeleteRebecca ~ Frankie is doing very well today. I filled up a plant mister last night and gave her a little shower and another this morning. :)
ReplyDeleteHow are you today?
I'm feeling kind of tired. Not sure why--like I'm fighting off a virus or something. Maybe I need a plant mister to make me happy like Frankie. ;)
ReplyDeleteRebecca ~ hope you feel better! Lots of bugs going around this time of year!
ReplyDeleteOh its beautiful! No wonder it jumped in your cart. Frankie is a great name for her.
ReplyDeleteYou and your green thumb!! Very pretty.
ReplyDeleteThere is a bar across the bottom of your page that flashes off and on....very bright! Does anyone else see it?
It is so rare to see a pink plant and with such a sophisticated name to boot! Glad you are giving it a good home, Betsy.
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