Ammocharis coranica

Peter Taggart petersirises@gmail.com
Mon, 06 Aug 2012 07:03:08 PDT
My young plant of A coronaica grows when watered and goes dormant when dry,
irrespective of the season. The same goes for my seedlings of Cybistetes
longifolia which are some years old but fairly small, as I only realised
that I had to water them to make them grow rather than wait for them to
break dormancy, about 18 months ago. I think that I will have to wait a few
more years for flowers though...
Peter (UK)

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 1:40 PM, J.E. Shields <jshields@indy.net> wrote:

> Hi Max,
>
> Glad you have the Ammocharis.  This species seems to be an opportunistic
> grower.  Mine have gone dormant in the heat once this summer and now have a
> fresh flush of leaves -- but no blooms in this weather.  It may grow
> erratically in your climate.  Mine are forced dormant in winter in a chilly
> greenhouse where they are kept very dry.
>
> Jim
>
>
> At 08:36 PM 8/5/2012 -0700, you wrote:
> >I have a young Ammocharis coranica (from the PBX -- thanks Jim
> >Shields!) whose leaves have just started yellowing this week. Could it
> >be going dormant already? It's in a coarse mix in a fabric pot, gets
> >about a half day of sun, and I've been watering twice a week. Weather
> >has been cool but sunny. I want to ay the leaves emerged in late
> >March, but I don't remember precisely.
> >
> >Best,
> >Max Withers
> >Oakland CA
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