hello alberto and all, > Hi Tsuh: just a short clarification, my first name is tsuh yang (i just don't use a hyphen). thanks... :-) > As you said, this is not a geophyte nor > is Weldenia or Commelina > dianthifolia. Dichorisandra is a subtropical plant > that grwos wild in the > forest edges of NE Argentina, Paraguay and S. > Brazil. Common crops in the > region include manihot, sugarcane, babanas and tea. > It can stand strong full > sun and it flowers for almost nine months is a > really hot north facing spot. > It is undemanding under such conditions and becomes > a well branching "shrub" > up to 3 metres tall. Despite being of subtropical > origin it can stand > drought well although this is not of course, the > best for it i have seen D. growing in the forest when travelling in southern brazil. but i have only seen it in bloom at the botanical garden here in NYC (brooklyn, that is). in the NYBG (in the bronx), they grow the exquisite Cochliostemma, which i already mentioned, that has beautiful flowers and looks like a bromelia. i believe they are fragrant too. older houseplants books mentioned another D. with more silver-veining in the leaves, i think it was D. reginae. is that name still vallid, i wonder? ========= tsuh yang __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com/