# My croton bloomed!

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**Created:** [June 19, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-croton-bloomed/966441 "2022-06-19T00:29:37Z")
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### Author: ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2022, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-croton-bloomed/966441/3 "2022-06-19T07:53:47Z")

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

I grew [coleus amboinicus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.

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