African Violets and Gesneriads: January Pictures and Chit Chat, 1 by bsimpson1972

bsimpson1972 wrote:
Eucodonia verticillata GONE CRAZY... LOL

First things first: Thanks, Lynn, for this great, little plant! I got two pots of nice rhizomes out of the deal... :)

Here's what happened:

When I received this plant last Summer, it was already towards the end of the regular season for Eucodonias and eager to not lose the plant, it went straight into the propagator and promptly got forgotten for months...

Today, I was in a clean-up-my-plant-room kind of mood and this particular propagator also was on the to-do list.

Turns out, the plant had spread through half the propagator and started sending out distress-signals in form of those white, stringy rhizomes that a lot of rhizomatous Gesneriads make to a different extent, when stressed.

Funny enough, the plant made, like pearls on a string, fat, little rhizomes along the stringy ones, which were enough to fill a large, square pot. I also kept the original roots, gave them fresh mix and stuck them straight back into the propagator... :)

Gesneriads are always good for a surprise, aren't they?

Olaf