Random plant event: Eucodonia NOID
I got this plant from a reader (who can choose to reveal him/rself in
the comments if s/he wants to), in the form of tubers that were just
beginning to break dormancy, and it's been a very up-and-down kind of
emotional experience thus far.
It grew fine throughout the early summer, and produced its first bloom in mid-August.
It grew fine throughout the early summer, and produced its first bloom in mid-August.
(17 August.)
Which was nice. And even the buds are kind of attractive. Or at least I think so.
I tried to get a decent picture of the whole plant, but the lighting wasn't great, so it didn't completely work.
A few days after that, I had the photo-taking area set up, and tried to get a better picture of the whole plant, with partial success. Though the color was still not quite as accurate as it could have been:
The close-up pictures were way better, though.
Then as I was bringing the plant back inside, I dropped the whole box of plants I was carrying (described here), and the Eucodonia got knocked out of its pot. I scooped everything back up as well as I could, but it seemed like it never fully recovered from being dropped. The problem is that for all I know, it might have peaked in late August anyway -- most of what I've read about Eucodonia on-line suggests that they do start to go dormant pretty immediately after blooming. So I don't know if it's just doing what it's supposed to do, or if I actually hurt it somehow. We'll have to wait until next year, to see what happens when it doesn't get dropped. (Assuming that I can refrain from dropping it.)
I don't have a picture, but the Amorphophallus konjac leaf has yellowed, and has almost fallen off, as of the last five days or so. I don't know if this is when that's supposed to happen or not, since I apparently didn't bother to record the event last year. I'm worrying less about the Amorphophallus these days, and the Clivias almost not at all, so apparently I can learn to be less anxious about plants that have winter dormancies, given a few years of things working the way they're supposed to. May the Eucodonia live so long.
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