Strictocarida beravensis

A question, I grow two pots, they are big and healthy but not any buds or Flowers, can´t I expect flowers first year from seeds.
Soon it´s to cold outside here, can I cut it down to about 2-4 decimetres during the winter and rest, have dormant in 50 degree F.
Or could it not resist low temperatures
Sylvia

I ask of course if I can expect flowers the first year from seed?

Sylvia;

Did you finally buy your South Africa seeds?

I have never tried stictocardia but I did have seed from the Canary Islands; I gave most of it away.

I am sure if you cut it back but leave it bone dry it should come back you have nothing to lose.

I would love to see photos because I have wanted to try this myself but it looks tropical

Hi Sylvia... i think they flower in year two... i've cut mine right back and will bring them indoors for the winter....

Okay Colin, I cut mine back also then. And hope it survive around my pelargoniums in my garage. But I still let my plant grow until the end of september before I put the plants into garage.

Yes Rareseedman for two years ago I´ve bought seeds to this plant from Reunion Islands. Had a plant for two years and throw it away in the fall.
This year Colin tempt to grow them again, so now I grow 1 plant from Reunion and 1 plant from him we call Thai.
I shall look on my computer for a picture for you, or perhaps take one of my plant tomorrow, and post here.
Sylvia

Picture from today from one of the plants
Stictocardia

WOW Sylvia, Beautiful plant
My plant grow from seeds of Thailand but he is lazy, he stayed 2 months at the cotyledon stage and now he refuses to grow up. It is certain that the mine will give its first flower next year.

WOW!

Nice plant and in a tiny pot as well!

If it was me I would not cut it back unless diseased and then cut it back when it has died back just to make sure pruning it does not make it go into growth!

R

three out of four of the Thailand Stictocardias have stayed at the cotyledon stage like yours Dany... producing a few small true leaves.. they have a very thick and substantial stem with plenty of new buds forming that i hope will grow away next year... the South African Stictocardia i have and one of the Thai plants grew several long vines but haven't flowered and do not look anywhere near as good as your Sylvia...
i find that they like to be in small pots, out doors here or they get oedema... and kept on the dry side.. i also have a Stictocardia from Austaraila that has grown like the three Thai ones...

Colin - What is oedema?

It’s the way the English spell edema. I have English relatives, and am used to dealing with English to American translation and American to English translation.

Information & photos of Edema
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/991902/

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=6583477

Emma

I have much of Edema/odema on my two plants but they don´t seems to bother.

Thanks Emma, for posting those links! I vaguely remember this topic, but had forgotten.

It's just a visual oddity and a way for the plant to handle drastic environmental changes? It appears that Edema/Odema does NOT harm the plants.

You are very welcome, Becky!

Emma