Tropicals & Tender Perennials: stuck a piece in the ground and here is a bud, 0 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Carol,

Thanks for some down-to-earth advice.
i DO have a patio light on a pole that stays on all night and day. It is only a 40W bulb--but it is there and sheds some light on the nearby plants.

My red Epi bloomed beautifully this Spring. Buds and blooms all over. This was it's 3rd year of blooming. It has had more flowers each successive year.
Now I worry as the fronds look all dried up and dessicated. This is to such a degree that I doubt those fronds will recover.

I will try to re-pot the two I have with fresh soil and all that. That will be hard--as the fronds are 3' long and have little thorns on them. I may shrink-wrap the top and pot away.....

The Epi Oxy has been re-potted already last year. I think it is OK for now.

Here's the red Epi blooming....