The low-maintenance elephant's foot is an extremely attractive plant. The flower is also very decorative. The small white flowers are on long panicles that protrude from the crown of the elephant's foot. An impressive sight!
The elephant's foot only blooms when it comes outside
When the flowering period is over, the elephant's foot gets a new shoot next to the beginning of the flower after a while. So it's not growing straight anymore. If this "slanted" sight bothers you, you can also clip the elephant's foot.
Does the elephant foot also flower as a houseplant?
If you only keep your elephant's foot as a houseplant, then it will probably never bloom. Plants need optimal growth conditions for this. This includes a lot of heat and a lot of light. But even then it would take many years until the first flowering. However, the elephant's foot is a very decorative eye-catcher even without a flower.
How can I make the elephant's foot flower?
Apparently it suits the elephant's foot very well if it spends the summer outside. This seems to put him in a "bloom mood". The ideal place is sheltered from the wind and not in the blazing midday sun.
However, the elephant's foot must be brought back into the apartment in good time. He still needs a lot of light there. Additional lighting, for example with a special plant or daylight lamp, is definitely recommended. After all, he comes from an area with relatively even daylight, so he doesn't particularly like the German winter.
The essentials in brief:
- flowers only after a few or many years, usually not at all when kept indoors
- Summer freshness in the garden seems to stimulate flowering
- small white flowers on long racemes
- new shoots after flowering
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Even without flowers, the elephant's foot is an extremely decorative houseplant, don't let it spoil your fun.