I.Snyder

Thanks for all the information about this unique plant Andreas. I have been growing indoors and studying the diminutive “alpine form”. Here are my observations: It grew terribly slow till having leaves little more than one inch long, and then stopped increasing in size. Decreasing the light hours promptly stimulated winter bud formation. When a bud was well formed I bagged the pot and put it in the fridge for 4 weeks. After taking it out, I found that it was infected with a fungus and had begun to rot; but it soon went into rapid growth and a single flowered stalk appeared. The plant is tiny, even smaller than the tropical growing Hawaiian D. anglica which I also grow. I’d like to also mention that I managed to cross pollinate the first flower of my alpine plant with that of the Hawaiian. The hybrid seedlings are growing well. It will be interesting to see how they turn out. ~Ivan in Southern California

Looks good. I think it's actually D. affinis. -Ivan Snyder, Southern California