Cultivar · genus Hypoestes
Pink Splash
Hypoestes phyllostachya · ‘Pink Splash’
Guide
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No cultivar-specific guide yet
Until someone writes one, this cultivar follows the Hypoestes phyllostachya care below. If you grow ‘Pink Splash’, a few honest paragraphs would give it its own voice.
Care recipe
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Care notes reviewed by Horta
- Light
- ai:claude-code
- Humidity
- ai:claude-code
- Soil
- ai:claude-code
Bright, indirect
≈ every 9 days
Medium
16–27 °C
peat-free, loam-based potting compost
Stem cuttings root quickly in water or soil
Diluted balanced feed every two weeks in growing season
Fast
upright spikes of small magenta tubular flowers sometimes in summer
Non-toxic to cats & dogs
Polka-dot plant (Hypoestes phyllostachya) — ASPCA non-toxic to cats and dogs. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar inherits it and none can override it.
Reference images
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PrimarySources: ai:claude-code · ASPCA
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