kentuckiense
Debaser
Well, it is for me, anyway.
My armeniacum has slowly been shedding leaves. It is now down to two leaves and I have come to accept the fact that it is going to die. Is there a trick to these things? I grow almost all the other Parvisepalums and, if I do say so myself, I think they like (or tolerate) my conditions. I have no trouble with micranthum (including var. eburneum), malipoense, emersonii, delenatii, and I've even bloomed my vietnamense as well as numerous parvi primaries. I even have trouble with some armeniacum hybrids! I've killed an Armeni White (who does that?!), and my Wössner Vietnam Gold and Fumi's Delight have also been doing the leaf-shedding thing, albeit a bit more slowly than the species.
From looking at the extremely narrow geographic range of armeniacum, I would have to guess that they have fairly narrow ecological requirements and thus the problems with cultivation.
Growing in a standard bark mix about 8 inches under T8 shoplights. Relative humidity is somewhat low, but not bone dry, and I mist all my plants at least 4 times daily. Once summer rolls around, I'm considering picking up a larger plant and trying the basket technique. Any other advice?
My armeniacum has slowly been shedding leaves. It is now down to two leaves and I have come to accept the fact that it is going to die. Is there a trick to these things? I grow almost all the other Parvisepalums and, if I do say so myself, I think they like (or tolerate) my conditions. I have no trouble with micranthum (including var. eburneum), malipoense, emersonii, delenatii, and I've even bloomed my vietnamense as well as numerous parvi primaries. I even have trouble with some armeniacum hybrids! I've killed an Armeni White (who does that?!), and my Wössner Vietnam Gold and Fumi's Delight have also been doing the leaf-shedding thing, albeit a bit more slowly than the species.
From looking at the extremely narrow geographic range of armeniacum, I would have to guess that they have fairly narrow ecological requirements and thus the problems with cultivation.
Growing in a standard bark mix about 8 inches under T8 shoplights. Relative humidity is somewhat low, but not bone dry, and I mist all my plants at least 4 times daily. Once summer rolls around, I'm considering picking up a larger plant and trying the basket technique. Any other advice?