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RE: Aeschenanthus

>Are you talking about your Aeschenanthus (sp?) here? Somehow I lost track
>of the thread. If so, thanks for the good advice. I have tried repeatedly
>to grow this, with no success. Never occurred to me to treat it like an AV
>(even though I knew it was a gesneriad). So I have burned in too much sun,
>shaded it out, overwatered and underwatered it. Oh, and chilled and baked
>it. Will try yet again, using your advice above (assuming your answer to
>this is Yes); it's a gorgeous plant when grown well!

Yes, that's the one (sorry about that!).  I also burned mine pretty
well, and now a lot of the leaves are streaked with burn marks.  Well,
we live and learn. :-)

>One more question. Sounds like you grow it inside full time..Do you ever
>let it "vacation" out-of-doors through the summer (as I do with all my
>plants except the AV's and Phalanopsis)? Maybe that's what I'm doing 
>wrong..

I have to admit that I have never put any of my houseplants outside.  I'm
a total chicken when it comes to that.  I'm too afraid of getting bugs
in my plants. Last fall when I brought in 3 pelargoniums I "rescued" 
I got up the next morning and the house was full of spiders, daddy 
longlegs, and mosquito hawks. It was quite traumatic. :-)  I've been
really lucky so far, I've only had soil gnats and a few spider mites on
my diffenbachia so I don't want to push my luck.  I've been having
problems with slugs and aphids outside and I don't want to bring
them in.  Okay,  now everyone knows what a coward I am.

Cami
utaar@cybernw.com
Portland, OR (Zone 8)
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