{"id":6426,"date":"2020-02-16T19:02:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T19:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=6426"},"modified":"2020-02-18T04:12:33","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T04:12:33","slug":"plant-a-day-2020-day-33-chirita-tamiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/16\/plant-a-day-2020-day-33-chirita-tamiana\/","title":{"rendered":"PLant-A-Day 2020 (Day 33) Chirita tamiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I purchased this plant in 2018 under an old name, Primulina, but it seems to be Chirita now, so I\u2019m listing it that way here.  I ordered my plant off of eBay and have grown it in my TeamChild office from the beginning.  The plant was in bloom when it landed as a little start.  It has grown well and bloomed well ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana.jpg?resize=474%2C474\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6441\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/chirita-tamiana\/\" class=\"wp-image-6441\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana2.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6440\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana2-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/chirita-tamiana2\/\" class=\"wp-image-6440\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana2-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana2-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana2-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana2-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana2-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana2-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana2-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana3.jpg?resize=474%2C356\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6439\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana3-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/chirita-tamiana3\/\" class=\"wp-image-6439\" loading=\"lazy\" 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class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana4.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6438\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana4-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/chirita-tamiana4\/\" class=\"wp-image-6438\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana4-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana4-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana4-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, 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1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana6.jpg?resize=474%2C356\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6436\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana6-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/chirita-tamiana6\/\" class=\"wp-image-6436\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana6-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana6-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana6-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana11-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana11-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana11-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana11-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana11-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana12.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6429\" 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948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana12-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana13.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6428\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana13-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/chirita-tamiana13\/\" class=\"wp-image-6428\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana13-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana13-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana13-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana13-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana13-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana13-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Chirita-tamiana13-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My favorite things about this plant are that it seems easy to please, it blooms prolifically through the warmer months, and I love the way the flowers develop in an alien-looking bud that then splits up to have multiple flowers on long stems.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This plant grows easily from leaf cuttings so I have a few clones of it, as well.  Strangely, one of the flowers also was pollinated and set seeds, so I sprinkled the seeds on some soil in a solo cup with a clear solo cup on top.  I never thought this would go anywhere, but within a few weeks, I could see tiny seedlings\u2013lots of them. I moved about 15 of them to a solo cup of their own and they are now growing on slowly\u2013they are at about the two-leaf stage now.  If all goes well, I expect to have 20 Chirita tamiana plants to share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_8009.jpg?resize=474%2C632\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6473\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_8009-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_8009-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_8009-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_8009-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_8009-scaled.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_8009-scaled.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_8009-scaled.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the care of this plant, I give it bright indirect light.  It seems happiest going a bit dry between waterings.  It is potted in a general organic potting soil. I feed it orchid food and organic fertilizer spikes in the growing season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I purchased this plant in 2018 under an old name, Primulina, but it seems to be Chirita now, so I\u2019m listing it that way here. I ordered my plant off of eBay and have grown it in my TeamChild office from the beginning. The plant was in bloom when it landed as a little start. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/16\/plant-a-day-2020-day-33-chirita-tamiana\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PLant-A-Day 2020 (Day 33) Chirita tamiana<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6489,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6426\/revisions\/6489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}