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Nice plants Tony. My baytopiorum is very etiolated A couple from me C siehanus a second flower. This plant is very slow to increase here. Also C sieberi Bowles White just starting in the garden
Nice plants Tony. My baytopiorum is very etiolated ..........
I disposed of C. baytopiorum some years ago. It was always etiolated, flopped & looked miserable.
The same here with baytopiorum Ian ....This species in particular is subject to this ....Don't know how to avoid this ? Nice sieheanus , this is stil rare in cultivation here ....
Beautiful as ever Tony ! How do you manage to have only smal and few leaves and very low flowerstalks ? I like the way you grow your plants ! It looks very natural .
Now I'm in office so I can show you some pictures of C. baytopiorum from wild (TULA) and two stocks fromm my collection - one I got from Gothenburg, another comes from LST expedition.
We have problems with etiolation with many bulbs in our glasshouses - partly this can be explained by the low light levels here, partly by the fact that the glass is often filthy (!!) and partly, I thin, that we seldom have electric fans running in them nowadays. In the past I believe that a vigorous agitation of the air in the houses by the fans were a factor in keeping plants "neater". Air disturbance - or even a few moments running your hands over growing foliage every day - is thought to help strengthen growth and prevent weakness and etiolation - I cannot remember where we first learned this- but perhaps someone else can give a link to a source?