Fittonia Mosaic ‘Forest Flame’ - Mosaic Plant with deep red foliage

Fittonia Mosaic ‘Forest Flame’ is a compact tropical plant prized for its vividly colored leaves in shades of dark green, red, reddish pink, and burgundy, crossed by contrasting veins that create its characteristic mosaic-like appearance.

It has a low-growing, dense, and well-branched growth habit, making it ideal for small pots, terrariums, tropical arrangements, or bright corners with good humidity. Its vivid colors add a bold accent to collections of ornamental foliage plants.

🌿 Botanical characteristics

• Trade name: Fittonia Mosaic ‘Forest Flame’
• Botanical name: Fittonia albivenis ‘Forest Flame’
• Family: Acanthaceae
• Common name: Mosaic Plant
• Plant type: tropical perennial grown for its decorative foliage
• Growth habit: compact, low-growing, bushy
• Leaves: small to medium, oval
• Color: dark green, vivid red, reddish pink, and burgundy
• Pattern: contrasting veins with a mosaic-like appearance
• Growth: moderate
• Use: houseplant, terrariums, small pots, tropical arrangements

☀️ Growing conditions and care

• Light: prefers bright, indirect light; avoid strong direct sunlight
• Watering: regular; the substrate should be kept slightly moist without becoming waterlogged
• Substrate: airy, fertile, and with good moisture-retention capacity
• Humidity: appreciates high atmospheric humidity
• Temperature: prefers around 18-26°C
• Winter: watering is reduced slightly, without letting the substrate dry out completely
• Fertilizing: lightly during the active growing period
• Cold hardiness: does not tolerate low temperatures or frost

Fittonia responds quickly to a lack of water by drooping, but can recover well after watering if the substrate has not remained dry for too long.

✨ What makes it special

• intensely red, highly decorative foliage
• contrasting veins with a mosaic-like appearance
• compact, dense growth
• suitable for terrariums
• ideal for small pots and mixed arrangements
• spectacular coloring all year round
• very suitable for collections of compact tropical plants

📌 Note:The intensity of the red, pink, and green hues may naturally vary depending on light, leaf age, and growing conditions. The shape, density of the plant, and vein pattern may vary slightly from one specimen to another.

The leaves may have small spots, bends, dry edges, or other cosmetic imperfections resulting from growth, handling, or transport, without normally affecting the plant's viability.

Height including pot: 10 cm