Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Ric rac, fish bone, zig zag let's see your picture., 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Plantladylin,

Yours looks just like mine! Except mine is fuller in all directions. Fronds growing every which way.

The one I have now is a full-sized progeny of the one I gave away. It started out by mama being blown off the plant stand in a storm, and half of it broke off. I just stuck the whole half in a fresh pot--it rooted and that's that.
It is getting quite large now. Maybe next Summer I might see it bloom. It has not done so this year.
And--NO! The blooms are not fragrant on this one. Maybe other varieties????
Maybe people might be confusing the Ric-Rac with the Night Blooming Cereus??? They all belong to the orchid Cactus family.

I am not sure that fertilizing and watering is what helps them bloom. I think it is more a matter of being a certain age and being root-bound and having a "dormant" period where you do not water a lot. They get that in my house in the Winter. i tend to ignore them. Many plants, in general, perform the best when root-bound. The Peace Lily is a good example.

As for those "ugly roots"--I never see them produced while the plant is outside. Only during the winter inside. I would go out and take a picture--but it has been pouring rain all night and day here. There are areas that have gotten over 5"! We are "swimming" in water by now.....

This morning, when i woke up at 7:30-- I had NO power in the house! I went to the bathroom--and then went back to bed and slept until 9:30AM. Still no power. Dark and dreary and no light to see anything by! My neighbor called--and said the power was already out at 3AM! WOW!

SO! I went shopping around 11:30AM....spent some money on bargains......what else can a girl do? The power was still out when I left......Got back about 4PM, and everything was on. WHEW!

I also have a Red Epi which outdid itself this Summer in blooming! it was just amazing!
AND--I DO have a white, Night-Blooming Cereus which is now quite large----but it has NEVER bloomed for me yet. Might not have the right climate? Not enough sun? I am ready to give/sell this one away.....

Most of these plants I have mentioned came from CA in trades.....several years ago.

DG seems to be the bane of my life---BUT, I cannot imagine life without it by now.

Gita

This is my Red Epi last Summer.....Hanging from thr roof's edge of my patio--semi sun.