Re: defense of rhipsalis
Bob Beer wrote:
>
> What? Someone was dissin' Rhipsalis?! ;)
>
> A friend of mine grows many of them in the house and in the greenhouse. He
> has a rather unique method of growing them - he fills a medium sized pot
> with soil, hangs it, and inserts the cutting into the hole in the bottom of
> the pot. They form somewhat of a curtain in his greenhouse. If I lived in
> a climate that was conducive to their growth, my trees would be full of
> them!
I am obviously outnumbered <G>
I must confess to a fondness for their more gaudy cousins the
Schlumbergias, Zygocacuses and Epiphyllums which has perhaps blinded me
to their more chaste charms!!!
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand. (on the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
Lat. 41:16S Long. 174:58E. Climate: Mediterranean/Temperate
