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I have two of these, this one and one that is very spotted, not yet in bloom:
If you look carefully at the photo, you'll see that most of the growths are supported with stakes, otherwise the flop over and take up too much space!Very nice.. Does the rhizome naturally hold the bulbs upright like that? Or do you tie them so that they don't fall over and break?
It's interesting. This one is growing beautifully in S/H. The other one I have is growing well in coconut husk fiber -- the stringy stuff. Both are watered 2X per week. I almost lost the other one when it was in a bark mix because it stayed too wet. Go figure...That a very nice species!!! any cult. tips? I killed already a few of them ! Jean
Yes -- I love the fragrance.I have two of these guys, too. I bet it smells very nice!
They do like a lot of light -- I used to grow them in my south window before I got the greenhouse. Now they are on a top shelf in the slightly cooler area of my greenhouse.I have a big one I got from Eric M. but I cannot get it to flower!
Anyone know how cold this can take it? I need to buy something this weekend that the family will like (we are all coconut freaks) and will like it how I grow now, which is hot in the summer and outside until it freezes. Any possibility this could be a contender?
Mine has gone to at least 10C (50F), and maybe down to 8C (46F), but I don't know about frost.
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