Shrimp plant in Central Washington State

• 11 Aug, 2009
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justicia brandegeana (I think)
Mine are a yellow version, indoors, my favorite, it just keeps getting better as it blooms year round, a little quirky to get the watering figured out.
They seem to sort of like to get to where they begin to wilt slightly, and then if I give em a good drink, all is well.
If I try and give em less water but more often, even a little bit before they begin to wilt, the leaves fall off...?
I've had em for years now, from 4" to 8 feet tall, this one is a baby start, with it's first bloom, the white petals begin to come out about two weeks after the yellow bloom? blossom? is full.
You can see I don't know much about plants, but I know this is one of my favorites so far. I'll add some pics of the larger one with multiple blooms eventually.