> > From: "David J Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/01/02 Wed PM 07:39:03 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Peso A special Peso to all of PDML at this time of year > > On Jan 2, 2008 11:02 AM, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > From: "David J Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: 2008/01/02 Wed PM 01:37:54 GMT > > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: Peso A special Peso to all of PDML at this time of year > > > > > > On Jan 2, 2008 4:54 AM, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Date: 2008/01/02 Wed AM 01:33:45 GMT > > > > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > > > > Subject: Re: Peso A special Peso to all of PDML at this time of year > > > > > > > > > > Dave - lovely photo and a great event -- I've never known a jade > > > > > plant > > > > > to flower um "in captivity" as it were > > > > > even the ones owned by my friend who was a master gardener. Kudos! > > > > > > > > Many plants respond to stress or its relief by flowering. Mine flowers > > > > every year, after it goes unwatered for a fortnight (or so....) whilst > > > > we are away on holiday. Same is true for Christmas cacti. > > > > > > Interesting, thanks Mike. > > > > > > We have a large Christmas Cactus, that we put out side in mid June, > > > under one of our large maple trees. Its his/hers summer vacation.:-) > > > In early September we bring it back in, and it flowers about two weeks > > > later. It flowers off an on all winter. Before we did this, started > > > about 6 years ago, it barely flowered at all. AAMOF, its in bloom > > > now., > > > > That's useful to know. I repotted mine about six years ago and, although > > it has grown like the clappers, it has not bloomed since. No matter how > > much I abuse it. It gets a holiday this year...... > > We have mentioned this to several others, and they have had success > with it. Nothing to loose. > The maple tree is quite big, maybe 80' tall and wide. We just position > it, so its mostly shaded, but get some diffused light.
We have quite a few in the greenhouses at work. In the summer, they get so overlit that the chloroplasts migrate away from the surface of the leaves and the whole plant turns red. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
