Ctenanthe 'Seraphine-umbra' care

Ctenanthe 'Seraphine-umbra' rewards a patient owner: it grows as a vining spreader and asks mostly to be left alone.

It does best in bright indirect light, though it tolerates brief departures without sulking. Water little and often, keeping the mix barely moist. Yellowing lower leaves almost always mean too much, not too little.

Keep it at occasional misting in dry rooms; pot it in coco coir with added bark and refresh the top layer each spring. Propagation is straightforward from stem cuttings rooted in water.