If there's a secret I don't know it. I've got it about 6" below T12 fluorescents and water it everyday. Sometimes I leave it sitting in water for two or three days at a time--about a third of the way up the pot. Its sib which is just starting to spike is less than an inch or two from the fluorescents.
Leaf span is about 18-20 inches natural. The plant has three more-or-less mature growths (including the one blooming) and four immature growths (between .5-4" tall).
Thanks for the whole plant pic. It definitely looks like it could use a new pot! Very good growing. My pearcei is in that same size range. Probable 10 yrs ago you could by pearcei's that had natural leaf spans in the 6" range with tiny flowers. I don't see those for sale anymore. Maybe they've renamed it
Hmmmm, could the secret be lots o' water??
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I'd love to know what they renamed 'em to.
Why is it cultivated in a so small pot?If there's a secret I don't know it. I've got it about 6" below T12 fluorescents and water it everyday. Sometimes I leave it sitting in water for two or three days at a time--about a third of the way up the pot. Its sib which is just starting to spike is less than an inch or two from the fluorescents.
Leaf span is about 18-20 inches natural. The plant has three more-or-less mature growths (including the one blooming) and four immature growths (between .5-4" tall).
Here's a pic to give you an idea of the size...as you can see, it could probably use a repotting.
I'm not sure there has been a reclassification in the pearcei alliance because I have'nt kept up with it. There are probable others here that would know better then I. I do have a plant, Phrag richteri which bloomed last year and it's max natural ls is 8". The flower was a pale "pearcei" looking bloom. I don't know whether this named species blooms normally on very young plants and will continue to get bigger (ls) as it adds more growths or not.
Dunno man, that's how I grow mine.Hmmmm, could the secret be lots o' water??
oke:oke:8" doesn't sound like richteri (amazonica) Rick. This species is normally considerably bigger than a pearcei. Almost intermediate between pearcei and longifolium in size. However the rictheri I have managed to bloom on some growths less than 24", and when I was keeping it bright and warm it had ever shrinking growths. When I moved it to a shady cooler location it produced large growths with branching spikes that is characteristic for richteri. I think we have some old posts on this.
