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poinsettias etcetera

1) I got a free poinsettia at a pizza place last weekend, and it's still in
really good shape with lots of color, though it is starting to look a
little bare on the bottom of the stems.  Has anyone here successfully kept
one over the winter and got it to turn red again?  My in-laws have a
shrub-sized one that they've over-wintered for 4 years now, but it's never
turned red since.  I could use some advice on general care too.

2) I'd like some suggestions on what low-light orchids I could grow under
flourescent lights with my African violets.  I have one jewel orchid
(ludisia discolor) that seems to be doing fine.  Am I pretty much limited
to paphiopedalums or are there others I can try?

3) What kind of plant food can you feed ferns?  I have an adiantum and a
pteris in my kitchen window.  They are both doing okay, but not thriving
the way I'd like them to.  Do I feed them something for regular foliage
houseplants, something with high nitrogen?

4) How do you take cuttings and make starts of prayer plant?  The one I
have is extremely leggy, with just two stems on it (both almost two feet
long, it looks ridiculous).

5) Is there any point in trying to keep my paperwhites?  I bought them this
fall, and they totally exceeded my expectations.  I've always hated just
throwing away any kind of plant material, and I don't have a yard to plant
the bulbs into.  Can they be successfully rebloomed or is it a waste of time?

I know this is a lot of questions, but it seems like everything happens at
once around here plantwise.  Thanks!

Cami
utaar@cnnw.net
Portland, OR
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