Re: Persian Shield (Strobilanthes)
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- Subject: Re: [SG] Persian Shield (Strobilanthes)
- From: M* T*
- Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 20:34:44 -0400
Beth, glad to see this as I have not had great luck rooting this one in my
usual manner...current cuttings are sitting in a glass of water and so far
not wilting. Perhaps key is to keep them enclosed for high humidity?
Bill are your cuttings in an enclosed atmosphere?
Had one in a pot with many other things (mostly hardy) summer before last
and brought the pot into the greenhouse where I though the Strobilanthes
had died. But, lo and behold, it returned this year. Planted out the pot,
so it is now in garden and will not make it over winter...would love to be
able to get those cuttings to root!
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Beth Creveling <ecreveli@MCIU.ORG>
> Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 10:47 AM
>
> Bill--
>
> I'm having some luck rooting Persian shield in vermiculite. Of course, I
> haven't tried to take the plastic bag off it yet!
>
> Beth
>
> Bill Shear wrote:
>
> > Though just a shade-tolerant plant, I found Persian Shield
(Strobilanthes
> > dyeranus) to be a very attractive addition to my partly shaded
container
> > collection.
> >
> > I've taken a number of cuttings but none has "struck" despite bottom
heat
> > and the use of hormone powder. The cuttings wilt rapidly and badly and
> > don't recover. The rooting medium is an ordinary peat-based potting
soil.
> >
> > Is there a "secret" to propagating this plant?
> >
> > Bill Shear
> > Department of Biology
> > Hampden-Sydney College
> > Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
> > (804)223-6172
> > FAX (804)223-6374
> > email<bills@hsc.edu>
