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Happy dance completed.
Wife convinced that just one more plant will be OK.

A couple of you have asked about petiolaris care. Honestly, I haven't found the right conditions yet. I have them planted in NZS - maybe that's the mistake to start with. I grow under full-spectrum fluorescent lights, bright enough to color up VFTs and Pings. I had them under a pierced humidity dome for quite a while. They grew but weren't pretty. The outer rings of dead leaves were much larger than the live stuff in the middle. So I spent some time cleaning them up and removed the dome. I don't think the 20 or 30 point difference in humidity levels with and without the dome mattered much. Maybe there's a lower ratio of dead leaves in the lower humidity. In any case, they spent a lot of energy producing multiple heads . Whether this is like VFTs in some conditions growing one big plant and in others growing lots of babies instead, I don't know. If I were starting it again, I'd probably try a peat mix but that's the only major thing I can come up with.

Anyhow, three of the boxes went out this morning. I expect the last one to go out this afternoon. I'll be in individual contact with postage info and tracing numbers.

Thanks for playing!

In researching them, most references to media I'm seeing suggest a sandy mix, about a 1:2 sand:peat, but LFSM can be a good addition because it can wick water better if the peat dries out a little too much. Sand is the only thing I don't have, so I'm going to go with a 1:2:1 perlite:peat:LFSM. However, it says media isn't terribly important, water and temps are.
Stay above 65°F for the most part. Wetter in cooler temps, drier in warmer temps, but don't let it dry out completely.
Looks like fun!

Apollyon wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 5:23 pm They enjoy high humidity and higher temperatures.

That's interesting. As I said, mine were growing under a pierced dome, so maybe the humidity was 80% or so. Or even a bit higher. The temps under my lights in summer are also in the low-80s. So maybe neither wet nor hot enough?

I'm going to be really interested on how you guys do with basically the same plant in your various setups.