Tropical Gardening

Hiya Rod. I love Pandas. Hope you are all well. xxI read a post by Woo from years ago and he said he cut his back to a foot ... so I had J cut the above and one (can't remember name) which I have had longer than yours.

It looks very dehydrated. You need to put the whole plant into a bucket of rain water and then allow all the water to drain through. Do not cut off the roots outside. Then put the plant on a saucer of gravel and mist it to allow the humidity to increase.

No

Lovely. I bought a black velvet recently

@ricky101 Yes they do give a good display. Some are from the same stem while others send up new stems and flower from those. We have one pure white one, variety unknown as we bought it from a florist who just wanted the flower spikes for s wedding. This has been in flower now for over 4 years...

Thought this may be of interest ... I found pictures from when I bought it in 2008 ...... 2009 ... ... 2010 ... ... 2012 ...

Those pots do look good @Cjxblade but the tapering will restrict the root growth if you intend to keep them in pots long term. A pot with a wider base will also provide more stability as the plants get taller. If you have a suitable location in the ground, as @pete says, they will be much...

Spotted yesterday, at Tremenheere Sculpture Garden, Cornwall. These are the only images I could get, as access to that spot was just impossible. any ideas, guys? TIA Fof

Hi @Paceman - I have two large Phormiums (half the height of yours but still big) and I’ve just done my first neat-up of the year on them. I agree with @Plantminded in the method. I find scissors the best tool for cutting leaves as they are super tough. I take out brown stuff and cut off any...

My Pachira just keeps growing and growing and has quite a trunk now ...

If you look at the one in Victoria's picture it has a stem which divides into three stems. Its just a bigger chunkier plant probably due to a free root run and stronger light all year round.

My guess is is starved and probably bone dry under the surface, it will be absorbing a lot of water at this time of the year.Get it really soaked, water it, then water it again after about and hour, then water it at least once a day, when it perks up you can add some feed to the water.

I was surprised at a flower and I think another one is coming so will try and get another on the day it blooms. I shall get more from Farmer Gracie I'm so pleased with them

Local to me is Burnham Orchids, they have an online shop Compost I have no idea about delivery charges though.

I move mine under cover but outside to protect from the wet and ice in winter. Feed regularly as they fill their pots with roots quickly. Have just root pruned mine as they aren't getting into pots bigger than their current 30ltr ones. Nitrogen,seaweed and palm focus feeds used. Lower leaves...

I planted a reasonably large one in my garden a few years ago, it was about 7ft tall. It came through the first winter with some damage but was killed down to the ground the second winter.It's still alive but makes very little progress now. They do get quite big even in the UK in city...

Thank you @pete @CarolineL @Goldenlily26The root (x2 stems) was quite thick and totally dry so I trimmed straggly bits and of course planted them in fresh compost and watered. They all permanently live in relative shade with only a couple of hours full sun. I will reduce some of the leaves...

P. mollisima is one of those cool flowering ones, manicata is the same, I found manicata grew like crazy all summer but only budded up in autumn as it got cooler. Doesn't really fit in with our growing conditions being, I believe, from higher altitude in the tropics.They sometimes group those...

Ooh definitely worth it!

First thing that strikes me is its a very large plant for such a small pot, I get the impression it didn't actually grow in that pot, but was moved into it just before you bought it, possibly with a lot of root loss. I'm just guessing, its had a bit of a shock being moved into a house setting,...