Streptocarpus cooperi often grows in nature on rocky banks in moist moss, as illustrated above. In cultivation it can be grown in a similar matter, on bark or tree fern as a large plant with a single pendant leaf and tall flower stalks with beautiful flowers.
The unifoliate Streptocarpus are interesting plants, that produce only one leaf during their life cycle. Most are monocarpic, in that they flower only once before dying. It may take several years before flowering occurs. During annual periods of drought or cold, part of the leaf will die back from the tip, leaving a ragged edge with dried remnants of the abandoned tissue.
