Giant Nerve Plant

Fittonia gigantea, commonly known as the Giant Nerve Plant, is a large evergreen perennial native to tropical rainforests of Ecuador and Peru. It features striking dark green oval-shaped leaves up to 16 cm long with prominent red or dark red veins resembling a nervous system. Growing up to 80 cm tall, it forms purple stems that may arch and root into the ground. This slow-growing plant is primarily cultivated indoors for its decorative foliage and rarely blooms in cultivation. The plant produces distinctive cream-colored labiate flowers arranged in vertical spikes, followed by loculicidal capsules containing seeds.