Re: Expensive plants bite it.

rja@sun.com (Robert.Allen@Eng.Sun.COM)
Sun, 27 Sep 92 17:41:45 PDT

>>Most of the petiolaris plants are fairly easy to raise from seed,
>>particularly D. falconeri and D. pet. "Kununurra". THis makes seed a
>>better method to establish plants into the collection, in terms of $$
>>and numbers. Seedlings grow to maturity in less than 1 year,
>>providing the following recipe is followed:

Rob, thanks for the info. I just planted some seed I bought
from Allen Lowrie for the petiolaris complex, and I've followed
your instructions. Hopefully I won't get a fungus attack before
germination. Pots are in my indoor terrarium under lights.

Robert