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12-22-2023, 03:35 PM
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L. anceps in bloom
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12-22-2023, 11:20 PM
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Beautiful! Whole plant? I realize the spikes may spread wider than your balcony.
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12-22-2023, 11:25 PM
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Time flies... I remember when you selected that long, shallow pot to accommodate the creeping habit of L. anceps. How many years? It certainly seems to enjoy its home!
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12-24-2023, 10:07 AM
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Quote:
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Time flies... I remember when you selected that long, shallow pot to accommodate the creeping habit of L. anceps. How many years? It certainly seems to enjoy its home!
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ES, here's some photos of the whole plant. It's a large specimen indeed.
Roberta, I remember when I put in that pot. It was back in 2015, still a small plant.
It suffers during our cold weather, as you can see in the photos. Cold and full sun (as usual in our winter) takes a toll.
Now it's inside until night temps start to rise. I'm expecting the leaves to recover their "normal" light green in a month or so.
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12-24-2023, 12:16 PM
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Suffering leading to 8 spikes... plant may look unattractive, but wow! These thrive on abuse.
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12-24-2023, 12:56 PM
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Considering it spends 9 to 10 months under full sun, with several days over 40°C (104 F), without any complaints, I find id it odd what happens in cold weather.
Last year the planf became completely dark purple.
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12-24-2023, 01:09 PM
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I also think it is really interesting that the color change is reversible. Like perhaps it shuts down chlorophyll production when it is cold, and restarts it with warmth.
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12-24-2023, 01:16 PM
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Last year I considered a Mg deficiency as one of the symptoms is this purple in cold weather. But the other symptoms did not show, so I forgot it.
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12-24-2023, 02:05 PM
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Many plants from many different families turn purple with cold weather.
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01-01-2024, 02:47 PM
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Hello everyone, I wanted your advice: I have 2 mounted laelia anceps that have a floral spikes for three months but the flower does not mature. The seller told me that I could keep them outside even in winter but now I think that the minimum temperatures here in Florence (Italy) of 4-6 C do not allow them to bloom. What do you think, maybe it's better if I put it inside?
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