Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 12:11:40 EST From: Sunpitcher@aol.com To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg925$foo@default> Subject: H. ionasii
Hi Will. Unfortunately, your only Heliamphora is also the hardest one to
grow IMHO. I grow the other species and their hybrids and have brought most
of them into bloom. H. ionasii is a very frustrating plant. You would
probably enjoy growing a heterodoxa, minor or tatei. They are lovely plants
and easy growers.
Addendum to my H. tatei air-layering experiment: After severing the rooted
plant from the stem, I have made a new cut 2 inches down from the top of the
stem and am rooting this portion. I plan to keep on rooting pieces of the
stem until I reach the soil surface. I also plan to take one portion and cut
it off, dip it in rootone and see if it will root without being attached to
the rest of the stem and the roots. I'm not sure this will work since the
stem is about the thickness of one of those big kid's pencils. I'll let you
know if this works. This is a cool process. Had no idea this plant would
respond so well to this kind of manipulation.
Angie Nichols, South Carolina, USA, Earth.
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