Lc Acker's Madison x Lc Acker's Spotlight

[kmccormic]

Hi Guys!

Is this behavior is typical for this cross? When the top leaves of a new shoot become longer, they flop downward limply with some purple coloring at the base and I wonder if I broke them during watering or something; the rest of the growth seems fine and stiffly upright. I usually stick a bamboo stick under the leaves, trying to "save" them for any flower growths and monitor the rest of the stalk. Later the leaves seem to stiffen up and flatten out and may widen a bit. Yet there's a purple streak at the base of the leaf. I still get a bloom or two each year in the fall, just not on every new growth that came up. It's sending up plenty of new growths each year, and loves growing new roots year round. I repotted it last year. I don't have a picture of the flopping behavior, all of them seem to have stiffened up atm, naturally just as I was thinking to take a photo. I do have some photos of the new leaves this year which I'll post up shortly.