My croton bloomed!

Cool! I’ve seen many a croton, but never saw one bloom before.

I grew coleus amboinicus in Jakarta - apparently it doesn’t like to flower in continuously hot environments and while the plant is common in SE Asia, seeing it flower is rare. I remember finding someone’s blog post exulting that the’d gotten their plant to flower, but mine never did.

Now I’m in Hawai’i and it’s much cooler. I was very excited the first time I saw the amboinicus flower but now it’s no big deal as it flowers easily here.