Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Vrieseas, 0 by weed_woman

weed_woman wrote:
Very nice Dawn, I love V. heiroglyphica too! I have just sown some seeds for them, which a lovely lady kindly donated to me. She told me to expect germination in around 3 weeks, but apparently they are very slow to grow! Luckily, I'm not in a rush! LOL
Hi Tommy, flower and Goth, re the discussion on pup removal. Goth is right about them being quite spectacular in a clump, especially if they are a small variety. I guess i like to seperate and grow them on individually as i give them as gifts and try them in different areas of the garden, mostly to learn which areas they do best in. I also find they grow faster when they have more room in the pot, but definitely are more spectacular when a bunch of plants are flowering all at once. This is my friends garden, and You can see a bunch of Vrieseas in the back that started as one plant, grew three pups the next year, then grew about 5 pups on each of those three over the next couple of years. They are in full sun, in a hot subtropical climate, next to a salt water pool! The pot is tiny (4-5") but the plant doesn't seem to mind, and will be devided this year into about 3 clumps all to go back in the garden! I would have pulled this apart ages ago, if it were mine, but then wouldn't have seen this spectacular display!
Anyway Tommy, I hope you can find yourself a new plant and get a better result with it than the last.
Sue