Caudiciforms: Dorstenia gigas in semi-hydro, 4 by helenchild

helenchild wrote:
Nice references Nancy. Thanks.
I have tried (too) many times to keep a D. gigas going. They all succumbed to either rot or failure to thrive and just shriveled up. The one pictured is my last attempt and it is just barely hanging on. I think I have had it 2 years. The leaves are stunted as you can see. I have in the past allowed the plant to go dormant in the winter usually keeping it in my cool basement. After reading the above reference I think this year I will keep it in a warm sunny southern window and water and fertilize it in the hope it will do better. Wish me luck.
The other Dorstenia has been doing well for years without any special attention. You can even see the volunteer seedlings in the last picture. I think this particular plant was a volunteer as well and since I had several D. species at the time I am not sure its lineage. I enjoy the wonderful inflorescence structures. So weird. I suppose if I wanted to catch the seeds I could get a little forest going!