March 2021 - Neglected, forlorn

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That’s definitely ‘Buddha’s Temple’, Jim.
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Jim_Mercer wrote: Tue Mar 09, 2021 2:42 pm
MatDz wrote: Tue Mar 09, 2021 8:54 am Any idea why C. pyramidalis & Co. do that? I try to not overwater, but water enough, keep them in a nice, gritty mix with some water retentive Sanicat in, and still, one day, they decide to go all crispy like yours. I think they just like doing so.
All I can say is they usually die for me but I do have a survivor, this C. pyramidalis (which might be Budda's Temple) has lost its main stem has died but it looks like I've managed to save some bits that are still alive.

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As Diane wrote, that would be 'Buddha's Temple', and the one I have, touch wood, is doing much better than the few C. pyramidalis I have. I just took some cuttings, so hopefully I will have spares, but it is uttermost annoying to see them all die like that.
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It would be good to see what people do to keep them alive and grow them well. Soil, water, location, temperature, light etc.. I really like the weird crassula but they just want to die
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Diane wrote: Tue Mar 09, 2021 2:49 pm That’s definitely ‘Buddha’s Temple’, Jim.
That was on the label in the pot but I wasn't sure which plant the rescued bits had come from
HaoBao wrote: Tue Mar 09, 2021 6:04 pm It would be good to see what people do to keep them alive and grow them well. Soil, water, location, temperature, light etc.. I really like the weird crassula but they just want to die
All I know is leaving them on the top shelf without water is not a good idea, will give survivor a more shaded spot but cannot guarantee water
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Jim_Mercer wrote: Tue Mar 09, 2021 6:15 pm All I know is leaving them on the top shelf without water is not a good idea, will give survivor a more shaded spot but cannot guarantee water
One step at a time, right? :mrgreen:
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My Echinopsis terscheckii is looking a bit under the weather today. Should I bring it inside? I don't think it is fully hardy in Manchester.
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My actual entry. Dracaena draco from La Gomera. Seedling won at Manchester branch six years ago. The poor thing has not been getting enough sunlight this winter as I neglected to cut back the overenthusiastic Alpinia formosana that filled a lot of the window. You can see the new growth is distinctly paler. My excuse was that I didn't want to disturb the Stephanotis floribunda that is intertwined with them. I have now hacked down a lot of the Alpinia and really intend to wash the window now I can get to it.
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Considering it is an east-facing window in Manchester, it doesn't seem too unhappy.
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Nice draco Pat
I've managed to lose two even in my Polly tunnel.
The temps hit 0c and they just went to mush, I'll be more careful if I have one again.
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fero wrote: Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:57 pm Nice draco Pat
I've managed to lose two even in my Polly tunnel.
The temps hit 0c and they just went to mush, I'll be more careful if I have one again.
I don't think that windowsill has got below 16°C except once when the battery ran out in the central heating thermostat. Luckily the nextdoor neighbours like their heating so it didn't go much lower.
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This Kalanchoe tomentosa looked slightly better before I moved it so that I could photograph it with a black background as the top growth appeared to be upright but in reality it was being supported by the glass it was leaning on. A couple of leaves that dropped off are trying to produce new plants
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Edit, just taken photograph to show new plants on fallen leaves
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