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Went to the Charlotte Botanical Garden, took some... →
No pictures, but that Hippeastrum from the previous post has exceeded the height of that window. The flower spike is now 28” long. Still no sign of opening or even changing color. This thing is going to be epic. All doubts about not being able to raise Amaryllids, completely dispelled. The weather forecast is so warm that I’ve moved the Lycoris, Colocasia, and Persea outside, and moved...
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February 2012
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Ramicauls, pleurothallids, sympodial orchids
I’ve spent all day (literally) trying to determine, exactly, what a ramicaul is. I love pleurothallids, with Masdevallia and Dracula being my favorite genera (though the maxillariinae get an honorable mention, as do podochilaeae), so in reading about just about anything involving pleurothallidinae, you have all of these mentions of ramicauls. As far as I could ever figure, the general habit...
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