jeff 1 Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Bonjour do you grow this genus dorstenia ? jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff 1 Posted October 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 no one cultivates species of this genus Dorstenia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted October 11, 2019 Report Share Posted October 11, 2019 I tried growing some of these but they always died and in the end I gave up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff 1 Posted October 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2019 Bonjour what were their growing conditions, especially for watering and temperatures ? jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted October 14, 2019 Report Share Posted October 14, 2019 Bonjour Jeff I keep my greenhouse around minimum 6-8C over winter but I would have used a heated propagator probably to about 10C for these plants. Over winter I believe I kept them dry but they dried during the growing season suggesting that I probably over watered. From memory mine was Dorstenia foetida, a nice little plant with black flowers but with the poor success I had I wasn't encouraged to keep trying. It was a few years ago now so my memory of them is fading. btw I have also tried Hydnophytum formicarum which you asked about on another thread. I had best results keeping it inside the house (on bathroom windowsill) where I had one flower and set seed (seem to be self fertile). But, when I had to move the plant to the greenhouse it also died. I think my conditions weren't warm enough. Good luck with them if you decide to give them a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff 1 Posted October 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) Bonjour may be in winter your greenhouse is probably too cold, dorstenia are rather tropical plants from africa and central and southern america. for my part I always cultivate them at temperatures higher than 16 ° C (outside in summer) , with waterings all year long (keeping a dry substrate between each watering) the rubiaceae ( ant plants) are also tropicals plants ,from South East Asia. I cultivate these species in 2 terra , always with a good air hygrometry (80-90%)is grown a little like nephentes, since from the same backgrounds. I've been cultivating them for several years now, and I'm looking to swap Edited October 15, 2019 by jeff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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