Re: Platycerium quadridichotomum

Hi

Talking about P. quadridichotomum .............

It is the one species that I still cannot get figured out. I have all of
them except stemmaria and seem to be growing them without too many hassles,
BUT I wish it was the case with quadridichotomum.

They will start by making tens of new little pups and then for no apparent
reason they will all suddenly die off leaving only the mother plant alive.
It is not drought because I have them growing with all the others and they
are watered together. Any suggestions as to what the problem might be?

Second scenario. I had a magnificent plant with 3 heads and they simply just
die off one by one making a few miserable pups while in the process of dying
............. with the end is that there is almost nothing left of the
plant. I fear that the pups will follow the route of the parent plants.

Do they need the dry period similar as in Nature to be happy? Is the 80%
humidity in the green house too high? Are they more susceptible to fungal
attacks as they normally come from a drier climate?

Please help me out with some advice and growing tips before I loose the lot.

If I manage to keep them alive I should have spore in Spring. (Sept / Nov)

Regards

Louwrens

Louwrens Opperman (Pretoria, South Africa)
now on the www with my Platycerium site at
www.platycerium.co.za



----- Original Message -----
From: "miles goodman" <mgood18@pacbell.net>
To: <ferns@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 6:24 AM
Subject: Re: [ferns] Platycerium quadridichotomum


> Hi,
> The two people I intended to ask about your platy request were not at the
> fern meeting.  I had expected to meet them there.
> I tried calling and left a message but have not heard from them.
> I'll try later.
> Miles
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 8:42 PM
> Subject: [ferns] Platycerium quadridichotomum
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>
> >         I am looking for a source for Platycerium quadridichotomum. Does
> > anyone on the list have pups or sporelings of this plant they would
> consider
> > selling or trading? Or know of someone off-list that does? Any help in
> finding this
> > plant would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > David Barrow
> > Miami, FL
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