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Post by stevebooth on Feb 25, 2023 9:34:01 GMT
This is only my second year with this plant, but it seems to be doing Ok.   Cheers Steve |
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Post by corky on Feb 26, 2023 9:06:52 GMT
Looking really good ,I've tried but failed twice now with this species, is this kept in a porch or greenhouse ?
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Post by stevebooth on Feb 26, 2023 9:54:06 GMT
Hi Corky
It’s kept n the porch over winter (I can’t afford a stained glass greenhouse yet), and as it’s attached to the house it’s just that bit warmer than the greenhouse, which being unheated gets frozen on occasion, whereas the porch doesn’t.
Cheers
Steve
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Post by nimbulan on Feb 26, 2023 15:46:24 GMT
I finally got ahold of this species after looking for it for the past 6 years or so. It's amazingly difficult to find for a species that's notoriously prolific.
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Post by stevebooth on Oct 4, 2023 11:07:13 GMT
Its a no show this year as yet, I think I have deaded them.  |
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Post by corky on Oct 4, 2023 17:26:12 GMT
Don't give up too soon, I've had some tubers of other species skip a year ,maybe a light sprinkle of water wouldn't harm, when do they normally show growth?
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Post by stevebooth on Oct 6, 2023 10:01:13 GMT
Hi Corky
I normally water them in early September and they start showing a couple of later, but not so this year, I will keep them in the porch and hope they break dormancy, and given your advice, keep them over another year if they don't show. These are supposed to be easy keepers, which they were at first, but as I have replicated the same conditions that previously worked, I am a bit perturbed.
Cheers
Steve
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Post by stevebooth on Oct 8, 2023 14:28:07 GMT
Turns out I am a master horticulturist!!!! They have burst through in the last day or so and are heading north at a rate of knots. I am pleased, I do like these delicate plants and I would have been very disappointed if I’d done for them. pretty poor picture but you get the idea.  Cheers Steve |
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Post by corky on Oct 8, 2023 19:13:52 GMT
I never had any doubts  I've still deaded these twice , have they multiplied as it looks like three in the first pic and four now? |
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Post by dvg on Oct 10, 2023 2:09:44 GMT
Nice work with these shy dews Steve.
dvg
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Post by stevebooth on Oct 10, 2023 7:41:26 GMT
Hi Corky
yes, there are definitely more plants than last year, which I am pleased about.
Cheers
Steve
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Post by nimbulan on Aug 15, 2024 3:41:57 GMT
An update from me: I started with 2 tubers which turned into 12 or so last season. No flowers yet but this particular form reproduces like mad and gave the species its reputation (I understand there are forms that don't reproduce this quickly though.) I just received 2 more tubers with location data today and will have to see how they behave.
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Post by stevebooth on Sept 2, 2024 15:54:41 GMT
Corey’s posts have reminded me to drag my modesta out of its summer resting place and get into growth. It is very dry but I have just inundated it, so hopefully I haven’t killed it and all the ingredients to get it into growth are there,
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Post by corky on Sept 23, 2024 16:19:42 GMT
I think your d.modesta looks about the right colour, from what I can find out they are mostly green with just that small amount of red on the business end so don't go chopping that lime tree down  |
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I've still deaded these twice , have they multiplied as it looks like three in the first pic and four now?
not here it isn't