Little Darling (S. Sorano)

Little Darling (S. Sorano)

Thumbnail. A double star in baby pink with a darker center and some green on the outer petals.

Medium green heart-shaped quilted foliage. Small leaves form even rows rosettes. And in the axils of these leaves appear the beginnings of buds smaller than a match head. The rosette is small, about 8 cm, self-forming.

The flowers are strongly doubled, soft pink with darker, brighter highlights. Charming delicate variety, reminiscent of a fragile porcelain toy. The color of the flowers ranges from pale pink to white. In specimens with dark leaves, the flowers may be pink. The buds and outer petals of the flowers have a slightly greenish color.

Flowering is bouquet, wave with an interval of 2-3 months. Pleases with its flowering for a long time. Each flower lasts 2-3 weeks. Flowers tend to "burn out" over time, and, completing the life cycle, turn brown. Peduncles grow quickly, strong as soldiers stand, as thick as a leaf petiole.

Quite hard to propagate and maintain. Very small, round quilted leaves form a stem quickly and are very prone to warping towards the light source. Over time, the stem stretches and the rosette loses its decorative effect, so it needs to be re-rooted once a year and a half. After flowering, the bush can be shortened - remove several rows of lower leaves and deepen the stem.

Plant in a pot no more than 5-5.5 cm. It blooms a year after planting the cutting, the cuttings germinate very slowly, give 1-2 children. He loves bright lighting, is afraid of overflow, watering is very accurate, because a dense, low-lying rosette retains moisture for a long time, preventing it from evaporating from the soil surface.