Tropical Gardening

This from a thread on HTUK:"I can tell you they don't like temperatures between 10-15c or being kept on the dry side. Given quite a few away and I'm left with one and thats looking ropey! Seems to me they have to have a minimum winter temp of 19c, be kept moist and as much light as...

Well, the plant certainly seems to like the spot it has found in the greenhouse, as it has been flowering for weeks. I am going to let it fight it out with the cucumbers for the netting support.

Very interesting, thanks. Don't tell him you are an Exotic Plant Affectionado ... or his prices will go up 10x !!

Thank you Wayne , is your plant outdoor or potted? ps more sunshine????? did you see any around???? where i can buy some of it?????

:gnthb: Yes I am really pleased Vicky, I have had them for so long I would have been broken hearted if I had lost them all..... Some of mine went very squishy too & the smell....! Horrid..!! I just cleared all that away & cut them back till I found hard flesh & so far most of them are slowly...

I think you are right with Brevifolia Sirius. It will be interesting to see how they have fared in a month or so.

After the first winter I only move mine when it gets arctic, the rest of the time they're outdoors

Wait . Best to make sure that it doesn't dry out but don't over water. I'd resist feeding.

To me the top and bottom parts look like babies. The stump in the middle looks like this years spent tuber. So I would be hoping for two vines next year with three or four tubers for 2016 by the end of the season.

Just use a piece of the plant with a few nodes lay it on the mix in a seed tray and just lightly cover each nodal area with some of the mix & within about 8 weeks you should have roots & leaves from all the nodes,I then snip off the stems joining each rooted node and pot them up in a gritty...

New thread available for What's Looking Exotic in October 2013 - in case you want to mark it as "watched"

It is an annual as stated above, it is just dying off, not worth even trying to feed or over winter it.

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I'd vote for Gunnera. I had one by the pond in our last garden and although dramatic, it didn't dominate. Sadly we had to move in such a hurry that I left it behind. Luckily, I'd given a piece to a local Buddhist retreat centre. As it was planted next to the reed bed treatment pond it did grow...

Is this the one Sal? Photo taken today of plant in the office, Jenny

You can get a Pineapple at Asda for £0.95 When they were first grown in Europe in the 1700's, it was virtually worth it's weight in gold. Special hothouses were built, called pinery's I think, to slowly grow them. You can still see carved pineapples on the gate posts of older houses, a real...

Good to know. I’ll be keeping mine in pots for a while as expecting to have to move about for a few years.

Dim - I've started a new thread here.................Apologies LouiseD.............

Stink aside, they are wonderful plants! The leaves do need some support though.There are several different varieties or you could try arisaemas which also look quite weird! This year I am trying colocasia esculenta or elephant ears plant. They do love heat and moisture so I am going to plant...