Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 14:03:06 PST From: Glenn Rankin <rankin@saiph.hpl.hp.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg401$foo@default> Subject: Re: D. pauciflora
I grow it in 3-5mm porous mudstone gravel with about 20% shredded
sphagnum in a 6 inch terra cotta pot. That is probably bigger than it
needs to be for the reach of the roots, but it helps buffer the
moisture and temperature. The medium stays moist, but drains freely
and allows lots of air to get to the roots. I stand the pot in 2-4 cm
of water.
When the weather got hot this last summer, the part of the plant
above the ground died and dried up. At this point I did some digging
to see if there might still be some fleshy roots. When I discovered
that there were, I arranged them with one end near the surface and the
other going deep into the medium.
Until the greenery sprouted, I think I stood the pot in 1 cm or so of
water. The top of the medium dries out when it is sunny, but the interior
stays moist.
I kept the plant outside this winter (I live in Menlo Park), bringing
it under cover at night when it looks like there's going to be frost.
Glenn Rankin
rankin@hpl.hp.com
>
> At 12:28 PM 1/27/97 -0800, you wrote:
> >Hi everyone,
> >
> >Last summer I had a D. pauciflora plant that died back to the roots. I
> >inquired here on the list if that was normal. The answer that came back:
> >yes, in fact it's required for a healthy plant.
> >
> >Well, I now can say that at least it doesn't seem to hurt. What was
> >one plant last spring, is now seven! The two larger ones are even
> >sending up flowers! :-)
> >
> >Glenn Rankin
> >rankin@hpl.hp.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Glenn,
> How dry did you keep the soil medium during dormancy?
> Thanks,
> John H. Phillips III e-mail:phillips@library.ucsf.edu
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