> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:18:36 -0500 > From: Justin Smith > Has anyone tried growing Xerophyta retinervis? I found on the internet > some old PBS forum notes about this plant but not much information. > I have grown this plant for the past 3 years and find it totally amazing > and very hard to kill. Anyone else grow them? Hello Justin, How did you get plants? I got seeds to sprout many times but they never grew. They just sat there for months to a year, tiny, until I forgot to water. I was told some related Brazilian Vellozia species are in cultivation at Bonn. The Vellozia I saw in Brazil and Madagascar grew either on rocks in shallow detritus mats or in shallow sand over rocks. Leo Martin Phoenix Arizona USA