Tarzane European Tubers - Summer 2024 Release

[Roberta]

I get my pumice on Amazon. 3/16 inch - Amazon remembers, I didn't.

Ponerorchis tubers use the same concep, pointy side up, though the growing conditions are different. - Those want a chilly winter, on the dry side (I put my tubers in the refrigerator , in baggies with a bit of slightly damp spaghnum, forgot about them for about 3-4 months, potted them up in around February, and they have bloomed nicely) I suspect they don't need that much chill, but cool and not much moisture for sure.

Japan has more of a monsoonal weather pattern (like most of the rest of the world) - warm wet summers, cool drier winters. The opposite of Mediterranean pattern, which exists in only about 5 places in the world (the Mediterranean, western and parts of southern Australia, South Africa Cape, coastal central Chile, and coastal California Mexican border to around San Francisco in places) Warm dry summers, cool damp winters.

[MateoinLosAngeles]

I get my pumice here: BuildASoil: Organic Living Soil, Fertilizers, and Soil Amendments

It doesn't have a very homogenous particle size but I have a sifter that I use when I need that. Their price, even with shipping, is very competitive especially for such a heavy product.

[komo]

i just got an ophrys lutea, fuciflora and anacamptis Anacamptis papilionacea and im planning to grow them indoors

[MateoinLosAngeles]

Originally Posted by estación seca

I grow a number of Winter-rainfall, Summer-dormant bulbs outdoors during the Winter. This includes genera like Albuca, Freesia, Gladiolus, Lapeirousia, Moraea and Oxalis. They are often forced into dormancy in Spring when the pots get too hot from solar heating. Sometimes this happens during an early warm spell, whereas they might otherwise have grown for many weeks more.[/LIST]

I'm experimenting with Muscari, Daffodils, and Iris in a raised garden bed where I have been growing different kinds of succulents, mostly Sedum. The sucs may lose some leaves but usually keep the shape during dormancy, and cover the raised bed, somewhat helping cool down the surface. I saw some landscaper doing this in office buildings that wanted low maintenance spring flowers and decided to copy it. Might be an interesting idea and the plants don't seem to outcompete each other too much.