Tropicals & Tender Perennials: tips for U404? (hemsleyana subspecies?), 1 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
Keyring,

I've had this for 2 years now and it disappears every winter. I'm not sure if it is going to come back this year (it is very small). The couple I got it from keep at least one in a terrarium where it is glorious (at least the few times I've been to their home and seen it).

It was doing fine this winter after I covered it but then started to get mold so it became a vicious cycle of covering - uncovering. The oxalis I received in the same soil sample isn't good either but at least it is growing great.

Here is the one I dug up from their yard late Oct 2005.