Oops. Imagine my eternal shame! Back to the books for me!
>I knew a guy in Connecticut who grew Nepenthes under metal halide, or a
Adding more to the mystery theatre, I heard on the radio today that some
Phoenician (i.e. out of Phoenix, Mike's territory) got arrested for growing
Cannibus in his garage under `special lights.' Probably the same bulbs. Hey,
anybody heard from Mike lately? He may be the very one!
>>Yippee! Our Polypomphlox tenella plants are sending up flower stalks,
>>so
>Doesn't seem to be that tricky to grow - the small clump of plants we
>had self-sowed and is growing strongly. I can't remember whether we
>treated it as
Sounds like you're doing well. I've only had one plant from old Poly
come up--- a lone multifida. Didn't set seed though. :(
>"Bush moss" is a general term I use for any moss which isn't sphagnum
>moss :-) I'm not sure what mosses you have growing in the U.S., but
>the types of mosses that cause problems are those that are found
>growing on rocks, trees, in lawns
OH...I know what you're talking about. In the States we call that Bellyrug
moss(*) or, on the East-coast, Clam-hair moss(*).
> Now both my D. capensis "red" and D. capensis "Giant"
> are sending out adventitous roots. What weeds. I'm
Weeds, huh? Weeds that make....seeds? Not that I'm finagling for some
capensis `red' seeds, naw, not a bit. Not unless you're offering, that
is. Naw. Not finagling at all. Root cuttings? Just curious. Just
curious.
(*) Not really. But since you're all the way on the other side of the globe
how are you to know! :)
BAMR