Re: D. adelae cultivation

Rand Nicholson (writserv@mis.ca)
Wed, 4 Sep 1996 07:58:01 -0400

>One more point about growing D. adelae:
>
>Peter D'Amato told me once that D. adelae will up and "die" periodically for
>no apparent reason, only to regrow from its roots, even up to 6 or more
>months later. He told me never throw away a D. adelae that has appeared to
>give up the ghost, but keep it moist (or moister) and wait and see. Before I
>started growing D. adelae in a terrarium (75 degrees, very high humidity, no
>drafts) mine would periodically die back ... now it grows and grows (am I
>jinxing myself?) and keeps sending up new shoots.
>
>Jay Lechtman
>L235@aol.com

I have been growing mine off to the side of a west facing windowsill since
last November. It has been blooming since last May and is reaching the end
of it's bloom period now. I have not seen any sign of seed capsules. In the
last month it has put up three new leaves, larger than the pre-bloom
leaves. The spread has jumped from 9 cm (the diameter of the pot) to 12 1/2
cm. The window has been open all spring and summer and it has been quite
breezy with a high natural humidity and about four hours of dappled (tree
outside of window) sunlight a day.

This is the first D. adelae I have grown and I will remember that business
about its dying back and coming up again as I do not have a terrarium.

Rand Nicholson