[pbs] Repotting Tecophilaea
Jane McGary
janemcgary at earthlink.net
Mon Aug 21 12:16:14 EDT 2006
Rodger asked,
The type form and var. leichtlinii seem to have done well and formed
>a reasonable number of flowering size corms, but var. violcacea
>formed only what you might call "half size" corms.
In my experience, violacea is markedly less hardy than the typical T.
cyanocrocus. I don't think there is any important difference between ssp.
cyanocrocus and ssp. leichtlinii; judging from the description of the
rediscovered wild populations, they are just color variants, the latter
having more white in the throat.
I grow mine in a mix with a lot of pumice (including fines), which is what
they would have in the wild; it provides ample iron and potassium.
Jane McGary
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