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ralphrmartin
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by ralphrmartin » Mon Nov 12, 2018 5:03 pm
It may well produce some berries by itself without my help.
I grew a nice Disocactus biformis from seeds from Paul Bond's plant, and it too has produced berries of its own.
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by ralphrmartin » Mon Nov 12, 2018 5:04 pm
I think I'll pass on the orchids though. I've recently started growing some (winter growing, mainly) bulbs from SA, and they are already taking up quite a bit of room. Very rewarding when they flower, though, and some have quite attractive leaves.
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by frank25 » Mon Nov 12, 2018 5:24 pm
Beautiful flowers Ralph, do you know how long it would take for a routed cutting of Epiphllum and Disocactus to flower ?
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by ralphrmartin » Tue Nov 13, 2018 4:44 pm
Well, the D. biformis flowered in 6 years from seed, so I don't see what a D. macranthus should not flower in say 2 or 3 years or so from a reasonable cutting, if not sooner.
I've certainly had decent sized Epiphyllum cuttings flower the following year.