Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Dischidia lost about 40% of leaves and vines, 1 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
I have a D. ruscifolia that I purchased from Home Depot two years ago and it has done wonderfully well under my neglectful care. After I bought it, I immediately repotted it into my own mix that I use for almost every plant I grow, a combination of a little potting soil and lots of orchid bark mix. The plant stays out in the screened area of my pool deck in full sun most of the year. I only fertilized it once last summer and it was covered in those teeny white blooms last September. In winter I move it to the unheated Florida room. This past winter was the worst in Florida history for cold temp's ... many nights here in the mid 20's and this plant was one of the ones that survived with no apparent cold damage.

We have extremely high humidity here most of the year, so I don't water this one very often. I don't consider this one high maintenance at all ... I'm not the best plant caretaker and plants that live with me have to survive on a lot of neglect. I've enjoyed this one so much that I'm considering buying another type of Dischidia to try.