Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Migrating Bird, 1 by dyzzypyxxy

dyzzypyxxy wrote:
Mine curl up their leaves when the weather gets dry. They might smooth out when you get it inside in your humid room with the iguana. We'd love to see a picture of that!

As long as you have good drainage in the pot, there's really no fear of overwatering it if it's in warm conditions, so try watering it generously with warm-ish water for a few days after you bring it inside. The leaves may plump up and flatten out. These are not desert plants. Lots of tropicals furl their leaves to conserve moisture - my gingers do that, too.

I was commenting to Deb that I really think the white BoP's are not good pot plants. I have 4 huge clumps of them taking up a lot of room in my garden, and even though I cut out the tallest trunks each spring, by this time of year they're up there tangling in the power lines, and the trunks are 6in. thick. They like lots of water, lots of sun, and unless you have a sunny 3-story atrium, and a football team or a forklift at your disposal you're very quickly going to not be able to house or move the thing. It's also going to take you 18 years to see a flower . . . so if somebody offers you a pup, say 'no thanks' and run!

Elaine