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I was given a small pot with a single sad leaf to try and rescue. I was told it was an African violet. It was repotted and I gave it some fertilizer and it started producing this giant leggy looking leaves. Is this normal? A mutant? It doesn’t look like any violet I’ve seen.

Thanks!

Edit: thank you for all the feedback! It does indeed look like a cyclamen. I have moved it closer to the window, hopefully it will fill in nicely.

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[-] Canadian_anarchist@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

That's just how cyclamen grow- they're floppy plants. They like indirect light, so the lighting set up seems fine.

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