Tuberosity questions.

Email Mujahideen (Robert.Allen@Eng.Sun.COM)
Thu, 16 Jan 92 11:13:52 PST

Having violated the first fule of CP: never buy something you
don't know how to grow, I'm looking for the dos/don'ts of growing
the following species: D. gigantea, D. macrophylla, D. zonaria.

All are of course tuberosities, and barring any negative comments
I figure I'll pot them up in sandy peat mixtures, with maybe some
perlite added. However, PoP says zonaria grows "always in deep
white sand, typical of the coastal plain." Has anyone grown CP
in straight sand? If so, what is the water table you keep? How
did it work out?

Re: my work plants. I've added D. x nagamoto, P. agnata, and D.
coccicaulis. I'm hoping these tropical type plants will get more
active than they've been outside in the cooler weather. I've
moved D. aliciae and D. capensis "red" into my home terrarium to
get them perked up. Tomorrow I'll bring in some D. auriculata
seedlings to work. Waaaay cool.

r.