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flhiker 07-02-2007 07:26 PM

Who said Dendro are hard to grow?
 
Hi all, I got this Dendro at the home depot about 3 months ago, I noticed that there was a broken baby tube laying on the bottom. Today I notice that tube was sprout leaves.:biggrin: Is this normal for these plants? Now who was it that said they are hard to grow:scratchhead: :coverlaugh:

Flowers 07-02-2007 07:30 PM

They're weeds.

Ross 07-02-2007 07:32 PM

I don't think anyone has ever said (that I recall) Dendros are hard to grow. What my experience has been is that many Dendros (and some other spp as well) choose not to cooperate with your watering regime. For me I love the combo of mini terrarium-loving dendros (like aberrans) or deciduous types like anosmum. Either one is pretty-much fool-proof (for me.)

khill 07-02-2007 07:36 PM

Mine are growing like crazy.

I also had a similar new shoot off of an old, kind of broken cane.

I'm new at this, but the dendro's I have are all doing very well. They must be easy!

flhiker 07-02-2007 07:39 PM

Well that might explain it, they have been getting rained on pretty much everyday, mine must like alot of water. lots of new growth. Pardon my ignorance is this considered mericlone or just a division?

cb977 07-02-2007 07:43 PM

Congrats...you have a baby ;)

It's not a division, it's a keiki :D
Let the roots grow a few inches, then give it a home of it's own :clap:

flhiker 07-02-2007 07:44 PM

Sorry no cigars;) Now that I think of it, it may not be from the same plant I have, it could have come from another plant:hmm

Ross 07-02-2007 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flhiker (Post 42740)
Sorry no cigars;)

Shoot! :biggrin: :evil: I was hopin for a nice Cuban. :biggrin:

justatypn 07-02-2007 09:07 PM

Either or from existing dend or another, in a nutshell it's a new baby (keiki). :clap: :clap: Had a friend give me to pseudo's like yours, sphag n bag them and within weeks..produced a keiki.

Dends are easy for some, harder for others...I can't grow an african violet but I can grow orchids...go figure.

quiltergal 07-02-2007 10:11 PM

And now you know the basics of propagation by cutting . My son and I have done this with several of our dendros. Cut the oldest cane off the plant. Cut that cane up into pieces that have a couple of leaf nodes each. Throw them in some moist peat in a shallow dish (we use a frisbee...how scientific) and sealed it up in a ziplock bag. A couple of weeks later...Keiki!!:cheer: I'm not sure all Dendros can be propagated this way, but all the ones we tried worked.


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