Pamianthe peruviana
Alberto Castillo (Mon, 24 Jan 2005 09:27:44 PST)

From: "Kevin D. Preuss" <hyline@tampabay.rr.com>
Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [pbs] Pamianthe peruviana
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 19:31:11 -0500

Alberto,
What are the ideal growing conditions? I have tried a seedlings and a good
sized bulb and all perished in the heat and humidity. Do the roots need to
be exposed? How warm? what type of rainfall?

Thanks,
Kevin Preuss

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alberto Castillo" <ezeizabotgard@hotmail.com>
To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 1:49 PM
Subject: [pbs] Pamianthe peruviana

Hi:
It is not a dweller of the Congo! A lot of South America is covered with hot
dry forest. For Pamianthe I would use a really big tray as for Worsleya and
use a mix of orchid fiber and bark with some leafmould on top and not soil
at all. Provided one can give the plants warmth the year round and a dryish
winter at 18-20C, summers in the 30s over C would be O. K.And yes the roots
are made to be exposed therefore anoxia would be fatal.
Regards
Alberto

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