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Fittonia Green - Nerve Plant
Fittonia Green - Nerve Plant
Dark green leaves traced with bold white veins, made for terrariums, bathrooms and bright shelves.
- Moderate care
- Bright indirect light
- Keep soil lightly moist
- 10cm grow pot
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Fittonia Green - Nerve Plant
R 90.00
About this plant
About this plant
Fittonia Green - Nerve Plant
This beautiful plant with its mesmerizing patterns will brighten up any room or space.
It will make you fall in love with it instantly. The white veins (nerves) on the almost dark green leaves are just amazing to look at and makes awesome photos.
This plant is perfect for indoors and terrariums.
Make sure to mist this plant almost every day and keep the soil moist.
Bright indirect sunlight, however be sure not to let it get to close to a West or East facing window as the morning or afternoon sun will burn the leaves. North or South facing rooms or windows are perfect.
This plant has been noted to have air purifying capabilities.
Note: Each individual plant is unique. This image is an example only, however the plant you receive will be as close as possible to this image description.
Note: Stem length indicated above is a guide to the estimated length rather than an exact length that you will receive.
Delivery and packaging
Delivery and packaging
We deliver nationwide with The Courier Guy: Pudo locker R89 or to your door R145. Gauteng customers can also collect in Boksburg (R25).
Orders ship from our depot within 7 working days, and most are on their way sooner. A few rarer plants are ordered in specially for you, which is why we allow 7 days. Couriers don't deliver on weekends.
Every order is packed by hand to survive the courier.
Healthy arrival guarantee
Healthy arrival guarantee
If your plant arrives dead or damaged, we replace it. Just let us know within 24 hours of receiving it and send us a few photos.
For everything else, see our refund policy.
Meet the plant
White-veined leaves for closed terrariums
Fittonia albivenis (formerly Fittonia verschaffeltii) · also known as Nerve plant, mosaic plant, silver net plant
Native to Rainforests of Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia
A low, spreading rainforest plant whose leaves are mapped with fine white veins. It loves humidity, which makes it a natural fit for closed terrariums.
- A 10cm plant with dark green leaves netted in white veins, a showpiece for small spaces.
- One of the best plants for a closed, humid terrarium or bottle garden.
- Stays low and compact, so it suits shelves, desks and bathroom windowsills.
Where it thrives
The best spot in your home
Bright, indirect light in a north- or south-facing room, kept back from east or west windows where the sun scorches it. A bathroom or closed terrarium gives it the humidity it loves.
Care card
- Light
- Bright, indirect
- Water
- Keep lightly moist
- Humidity
- High
- Temperature
- 16 to 28°C, no frost
- Soil
- Moist, peaty potting mix
- Feeding
- Half-strength, monthly in summer
- Growth
- Low and spreading
- Outdoors
- No, indoors only
Care made simple
Your first weeks together
- Place it in bright, indirect light, away from east or west windows.
- Keep the soil lightly moist and mist the leaves almost every day, unless it's in a closed terrarium.
- For a closed terrarium, plant it in moist mix and open the lid if condensation stays heavy.
Plant doctor
If you see this, do this
- Whole plant suddenly flopsIt's thirsty (it 'faints' when dry). Water it well and it usually perks up within hours.
- Crispy, brown leaf edgesDry air or sun. Mist more often, move it out of direct sun, or grow it in a terrarium.
- Mushy stems at soil levelToo wet and airless. Let the top soil dry slightly and air the terrarium more often.
Questions
Good to know
What size will I receive?
What size will I receive?
A young plant in a 10cm grow pot. Every plant is unique; the photo shows the size to expect.
Is it good for a closed terrarium?
Is it good for a closed terrarium?
Yes, it's one of the classic closed terrarium plants. Pinch the tips if it outgrows the glass.
Why does it collapse?
Why does it collapse?
Fittonia wilts dramatically as soon as it's dry. A good drink usually brings it back, but repeated wilting stresses it.
Packed to arrive alive
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