Plant ID please
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Plant ID please
I recently received this plant but seem to have mislaid the label, i know it was seed grown from a species from Tasmania, any ideas?
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Re: Plant ID please
A Richea species. Without scale it is hard to narrow it down but probably dracophylla or pandanifolia. Most likely dracophylla. Very difficult to keep - well done to whoever got it this far!
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Re: Plant ID please
Thanks Paul, it was raised by a professional nurseryman so quite a bit of experience in the way of propagation. Difficult in what way to keep? Any tips?
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Re: Plant ID please
Water with rainwater. The only other tip would be don't ask me for advice as I have killed all the Richea that have come my way in double quick time
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Re: Plant ID please
I will pay a visit to my local stream today and get stocked up on rainwater :-)
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Re: Plant ID please
Your local stream water might have too many nutrients in it to qualify as rainwater!
Don't let it get too hot, or too cold, or dry out, and feed with a protea type fertilizer (i.e. no phosphate) would be my guess...having said that I have tried and failed to grow it from seed. Trevena Cross Nursery used to offer plants for sale, you could try emailing them.
Don't let it get too hot, or too cold, or dry out, and feed with a protea type fertilizer (i.e. no phosphate) would be my guess...having said that I have tried and failed to grow it from seed. Trevena Cross Nursery used to offer plants for sale, you could try emailing them.
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Re: Plant ID please
It seems like a very tricky plant indeed, yep, ill drop them a line and see how they got on...